Widow, Walking, 2012, wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins and wood, 114 x 229 x 79 cm
collection of Telus Canada at Telus Garden, Vancouver
Photo: Jeff Crawford
Widow
I made two rose-covered grizzly bears as symbols of mourning.
I was driving on the highway and I saw a dead bear on the side of the road. I started thinking about this bear and, in an abstract way, who loved this bear, who mourns this bear. I thought about how death leaves its marks on the living, how grief is a cloak, and that it is impossible to reconcile love and death. The taxidermy forms are covered in velvet, then roses which are hand-felted, hand sewn, and dyed with cochineal.
Widow, Walking, 2012, wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins and wood
collection of Telus Canada at Telus Garden, Vancouver
Photo: Jeff Crawford
Widow, Walking, 2012, wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins and wood
collection of Telus Canada at Telus Garden, Vancouver
Photo: Jeff Crawford
Widow, 2012, wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins and wood, 239 cm x 91.5 cm x 76 cm
collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
Photo: Jeff Crawford
Widow, 2012, wool, cochineal dye, velvet, taxidermy form, pins and wood, 239 cm x 91.5 cm x 76 cm
collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
Photo: Jeff Crawford