About the same time as those leather bowls, feathers and all that farmyard stuff, I played around with making objects that were reminiscent of the strange and bizarre way that humankind seems to want to cherish/sanctify/monumentalize/entomb the remains of those who have passed. Of course my interest leaned toward tribal objects, but not always.
Some of these things found their way into public collections.
Some of these things found their way into public collections.
"Reliquary"
Bark tanned cow leather. Tea tree wood. Rawhide & feathers.
Hand lasted. Hand sewn. Hand dyed.
Reliquary, 14cm long
Base, 24cm square.
In the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Bark tanned cow leather. Tea tree wood. Rawhide & feathers.
Hand lasted. Hand sewn. Hand dyed.
Reliquary, 14cm long
Base, 24cm square.
In the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
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Reliquary Vessel
Bark tanned cow leather.
Hand dyed.
Tea tree wood & rawhide, bones & feathers.
21cm long
(part of the series inspired by the “curious” observation of the rituals and sometimes rather odd private and social requirements that man seems to need to place upon the business of dying – or at least funerary practices. This, reminiscent of Nordic “funeral boats”).
Bark tanned cow leather.
Hand dyed.
Tea tree wood & rawhide, bones & feathers.
21cm long
(part of the series inspired by the “curious” observation of the rituals and sometimes rather odd private and social requirements that man seems to need to place upon the business of dying – or at least funerary practices. This, reminiscent of Nordic “funeral boats”).
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Well; I don't think it's ghoulish. Born of curiosity mixed with capability to form leather moulded forms and reminiscent of what I loved to do out in the bush as a Boy Scout - build stick huts and structures.