October 21, 201411 yr Just thought I'd put this up. I worked on this with my wife and a group of indigenous australians. It's corten steel on a 316 stainless steel dious which sits on a concrete moulding. The lettering spells out a dreamtime creation story of the local people of the area, in 430 stainless steel.
October 21, 201411 yr Author where is this mate? (geographically and culturally) looks great! It's at the swing bridge in longford near Sale gippsland Vic on Gunaikurnai Land.
October 21, 201411 yr Nice piece of work. Can you post the complete dreamtime story please? Frosty The Lucky.
October 21, 201411 yr Author Nice piece of work. Can you post the complete dreamtime story please? Frosty The Lucky. Thanks Frosty, heres the wording ----BOORUN THE PELICAN CAME DOWN FROM THE NORTH WEST ALONG WIRNWIRNDOOK (THE MACALISTER RIVER). HE CROSSED DARTYOWAN (THE LATROBE RIVER) NEAR THIS SPOT AND MADE HIS CANOE, WHICH HE THEN CARRIED ON HIS HEAD AS HE WALKED TO YOWUNG (PORT ALBERT). AS HE WALKED HE HEARD A STRANGE TAPPING SOUND. WHEN HE GOT TO THE INLET BOORUN PUT DOWN HIS CANOE AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND A WOMAN INSIDE IT. SHE WAS TUK THE MUSK DUCK. HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE HER AND SHE BECAME HIS WIFE. BOORUN AND TUK ARE THE MOTHER AND FATHER TOTEM OF THE GUNAIKURNAI PEOPLE.
October 25, 201411 yr amazing work and beautiful story . I am fascinated by the design of the canoe. Is this how they looked? how were the ends of the canoe sealed......... they look open like beautiful rose petals and to my untrained eye...... not waterproof.
October 26, 201411 yr Author the ends are just tightly bound bark which are out of the water, here is one in http://museumvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/visiting/birrarung-gallery/artist-profiles/booruns-canoe/
October 29, 201411 yr Yes, I agree with Scrapart - what a lovely piece of art.And Andrew, what are you up to now since the Throne is finished? I can't imagine you are sitting around doing nothing. What masterpiece are you working on?
October 30, 201411 yr Yes, I agree with Scrapart - what a lovely piece of art. And Andrew, what are you up to now since the Throne is finished? I can't imagine you are sitting around doing nothing. What masterpiece are you working on? I have to finish a horse I started in Feb but which i had to stop for 4 months while I made repairs to my termite eaten house. I did the throne as a "quickie " to cheer myself up as I missed doing my sculpture so much. Next year I have some strange desire to build a baby elephant with cast iron tractor seats for ears .?????? Anyway this is LittleMilligans thread so I finish by thanking him for sharing such a beautiful artwork with us scurvy dogs!
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