Sculpture with found objects

Last week Dashiell went on a caribou hunting trip in the Brooks Range, and although he didn't see any caribou he did find some cool antlers, bones, and feathers. These have been incorporated into some new art for the walls of the cabin.



Flight Mobile
Caribou vertebrae, driftwood, ptarmigan and spruce grouse feathers

Below is a detail of the beetle-eaten driftwood (from Delta Junction) that the vertebrae hang from.

Recycling
Shed caribou antler, acrylic

Detail of the leaf prints on the antler

And here is a cartoon which describes coming out of winter. People actually keep competition amongst themselves as to who sees the first robin, or junco, or warbler. And the first time you can SMELL the woods again - it's like a  blind man regaining his sight. Winter was nice, but it was long enough that I forgot there were other dimensions to the world.

Baby rabbits! This is the second litter of the summer, they are about one month old right now (this is my favorite bunny age - still have big blocky heads and slow enough to catch easily!)