A great event. Good feedback from other artists and representatives of the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
Crane Powwow Dancer; Part 1 & Part 2
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{All pics click to enlarge.}
As seen at end of Part 2.
Outlining added.
Shield added.
Addition of leg bells.
Adding "bustle" to the dancer's regalia. Falling leg bell added, without detail.
Detail of sketched bustle.
Facepaint added.
There was a paint spill in front of the crane figure that I tried to use, by converting it into a snake. It didn't really work, so I ended up painting more grass detail, over it. This worked out better, visually, adding to the vertically layered look of the piece.
I wanted to incorporate beadwork into the piece. Specifically, a "collar" around the base of the rattle head. To do so, I removed the work from the wall and positioned it between a table and a large toolbox, so that I could access the underside/back of the piece. This allowed me to embroider the beadwork, sitting down. I was hampered by the placement of the brace lumber piece, but was able to work around it. I laid out the chosen colours of beads and sketched the pattern with a pen.
Detail of the finished beadwork, incorporated into the rattle.
Finished piece; exhibited at Willendorphin production for ARTpreneur conference in Kenora: ARTifacts, March 17 - April 4, 2009.
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A couple of my favourite pieces from the ARTifacts show:
"Barren Angst", by Diane Morley. Her contact info.: dianemorley@shaw.ca
Her statement (Click to enlarge):
"Fork In The Eye", by Kris Goold. Her contact info.: krisg@kmts.ca
Very cool fusion of metalwork to bone.
Her statement (Click to enlarge):
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The installed Crane... and I.
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Darwin Day turned out real nice, or what was that crane's name. Anyways, I like.
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