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Description
Copper, red cedar bark, dentillium, white clay and cobalt glass beads, and keyhole limpet.
2008. 13 x 17 cm (copper portion)

In Sonchun, I hammer worked the edges creating a slight thickening in some places and thinning in others. In this piece I decided to further explore this process. I thickened the center of the bottom a great deal, as well as thickening the curved areas around the lip, while leaving the tips quite thin. I also wanted to explore some of the possibilities offered by hand working the cordage, creating eyes and junctions as I went along, rather than knotting or splicing. Here again the dentilium sets off the dark copper, and the keyhole limpet makes an excellent carrying toggle.

Intended display contents: fragments of sea shell, urchin spines, and bunker coal from shipwrecks.

Description
Copper, red cedar bark, dentillium, white clay and cobalt glass beads, and keyhole limpet.
2008. 13 x 17 cm (copper portion)

In Sonchun, I hammer worked the edges creating a slight thickening in some places and thinning in others. In this piece I decided to further explore this process. I thickened the center of the bottom a great deal, as well as thickening the curved areas around the lip, while leaving the tips quite thin. I also wanted to explore some of the possibilities offered by hand working the cordage, creating eyes and junctions as I went along, rather than knotting or splicing. Here again the dentilium sets off the dark copper, and the keyhole limpet makes an excellent carrying toggle.

Intended display contents: fragments of sea shell, urchin spines, and bunker coal from shipwrecks.