Raven Story
Creation stories can be found in all cultures, it is interesting that most North American Natives’ creation stories involve a raven. These tales involve a trickster and a giver of life. This piece was inspired by the Pacific North West tribe’s myth. A powerful raven steals the sun and moon from a greedy individual who keeps them to himself, later the raven gives them to all mankind. Two stainless steel vertical forms represent the raven’s beak protectively holding a bronze sphere, which represents our sacred sun or moon being carried away by the raven to be shared by all mankind. The two vertical stainless steel forms can also represent two individuals interlocked together protecting their most precious possession, love represented by a sphere held between them. Divots and cuts covering the surface of the bronze sphere represent life’s hardships; they are what makes the sphere and life so beautiful and intriguing.
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Granite
75" x 22" x 22"
Creation stories can be found in all cultures, it is interesting that most North American Natives’ creation stories involve a raven. These tales involve a trickster and a giver of life. This piece was inspired by the Pacific North West tribe’s myth. A powerful raven steals the sun and moon from a greedy individual who keeps them to himself, later the raven gives them to all mankind. Two stainless steel vertical forms represent the raven’s beak protectively holding a bronze sphere, which represents our sacred sun or moon being carried away by the raven to be shared by all mankind. The two vertical stainless steel forms can also represent two individuals interlocked together protecting their most precious possession, love represented by a sphere held between them. Divots and cuts covering the surface of the bronze sphere represent life’s hardships; they are what makes the sphere and life so beautiful and intriguing.
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Granite
75" x 22" x 22"
Creation stories can be found in all cultures, it is interesting that most North American Natives’ creation stories involve a raven. These tales involve a trickster and a giver of life. This piece was inspired by the Pacific North West tribe’s myth. A powerful raven steals the sun and moon from a greedy individual who keeps them to himself, later the raven gives them to all mankind. Two stainless steel vertical forms represent the raven’s beak protectively holding a bronze sphere, which represents our sacred sun or moon being carried away by the raven to be shared by all mankind. The two vertical stainless steel forms can also represent two individuals interlocked together protecting their most precious possession, love represented by a sphere held between them. Divots and cuts covering the surface of the bronze sphere represent life’s hardships; they are what makes the sphere and life so beautiful and intriguing.
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Granite
75" x 22" x 22"