I thought about it and realised I hadn't really portrayed any of my mum's Cook Island heritage. So I thought I'd start now by carving a stone sculpture with Cook Island influence and call it 'A Tribute to my Mother'. Bronze Bell John Ecuyer Lost wax method. A series of three vessels and bell made for the Whangarei Art Musuem show 'Outside the Circle'. Each bowl holding an object.
Large bowl has a set of prayer beads used to strike the bronze bell.
Light Stone John Edgar Greywacke stone with five glass insets. Kaitiaki 1997 John Edgar Black granite and white marble sculpture representing guardians. I am making a statement about the products of colonisation. Machinery, farming and domestication in all four directions. How these products effect the animals, the land and all mankind is up to us.