Hello, my name is Larry D. McCarty, I am your host. With this post we will add photographs to this blog! As I have said previously, there are many small sculptures in the collection. We will look at several per week in the same fashion that we have been looking at the graphics collection. There will be new graphics each week as well.
There are many birds in the sculpture collection. This week we see 3 examples, 2 are “Sleepers” and the third is a beautiful piece that I have titled the “The Nesting Trance”. Did you know that many species of birds sleep with their heads on their backs? Sometimes they even put their heads under their wing. A “Sleeping Effigy” portrays this habit. Simply put, the birds head faces its tail. These stones are one of the most common motif in the collection. They vary in a range from literal statements to very abstract.
The third stone is a more rare variety. This stone appears to be a game bird, a game hen to be exact. This sculpture portrays the nesting ritual with the head tucked down against the breast and with the feathers “lofted” as a measure to help protect the precious eggs and or the hatching chicks. A knowledge of game chickens is helpful in understanding this fine art work. I would like to point out here that this stone is about 1.75x1.125 inches!
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