Mixed media works using the bird motif
These works are made from recycled images and materials.
These works are made from recycled images and materials.
Images of the birds made from white flour installed on the floor at “A Space” at the start of the show, and images taken at the end of the show. ( almost extinct… )
All the images are made from shadows cast by small sculptures of birds. They are stencilled on any surface using charcoal dust, sizes are variable.
I have compiled a chart of the recent known extinct species of birds. (Will upload the chart at a later time). The chart shows that a number of extinct bird species have no visual documentation. This provides me with an opportunity to guess how these birds may have looked, as well as to match already produced small sculptures to extinct birds. This exercise is a “mad” attempt to understand and
Cooper’s Sandpiper Pisobia [Tringa] cooperi
Chatham [New Zealand] Swan Cygnus sumnerensis The New Zealand Swan (Cygnus atratus sumnerensis) is an extinct swan from the Chatham Islands and the South Island of New Zealand.