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St. Eve's Little Birden

St. Eve's Little Birden
A stout, voluptuous, fertile looking bird-headed Eve shrugs under the weight of a maniacal little sparrowlike creature with monstrous talons, who peers out from behind a totem mask made of a buck-tooth human skull. This was carved from a reclaimed Nubian queen sculpture. A difficult thing to capture, photographically and physically. The wood leeches light, was rife with knots, and hard as a rock. A few knots rotted out and leave the work with an ancient, untended appeal. The notion of not seeing the entirety of the sculpture from one angle was explored. When you see the front of one half, you see the back of the other, etc, as they twist in space, ad infinitum, teasing the imagination. She'll repel evil spirits while you sleep. 
St. Eve's Little Birden
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St. Eve's Little Birden

St. Eve's Little Birden, Reclaimed African Blackwood, 3.5" x 10.75", 2011. Carved in rock hard ebony utilizing traditional methods and tools. Read More

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