A series of three jaw pieces in sterling silver with real coyote teeth, molded from my mouth.
My mouth is full of teeth that aren’t mine. They are uncomfortable, they hang from my mouth, they disrupt my chewing. I chose to represent my mouth as something malleable, silver, and white as bone while the coyote teeth are real since to me they often feel very real even if they are were they don’t belong or make sense anatomically. Phantom sensations for me are not often the same, and don’t map to my body in logical ways.
I have worn these. More photos to come!
Mania’s Doe
A piece in response to yourdeer’s neck piece from 2011. Pelt from lilmissdoeeyes of deviantart. I have included a photograph of the piece being shown in the 2013 All School Show.
“I do not feel graceful; usually I feel colossally awkward, and something about deer speaks of that awkwardness to me. Being spooked about nothing, the awkward indignation of being disturbed, the skittering flight are all deer. These things are aspects of the romantic stereotype, but I do not perceive them in a romantic way. I do not think being deer makes me mysterious, desirable, or delicate. ” - Yourdeer, 2013
Silver, coyote teeth.
Trying more cropping while I’m preparing to make postcards.
Coyote fur scraps
This one is very simple and is just an inverted coyote face I had that had very little ear fur left.
Coyote fur scraps.
I’ve been pretty inspired by the taxidermy process of re-hydrating stretching, and gluing hide in a shape. I form it on human foam heads and use layers to glue it in place. This one is very comfortable and tight, and the construction prevents me from opening my mouth. The fur comes inside and out, twisting, there are partially developed ears and a full pair, and the nose is missing on the coyote on one hide as it blends into my own nose. I think a lot about my own phantom sensations as I make these masks.
I am working on photographing my work that has been waiting for a while to see a camera. The jaw pieces I am making for instance are being photographed on the body as well as just as objects.
I like that I kind of look like an orc.
I wanted to upload two more quick shots of the coyote head piece I made. I realized the other day that I had nothing whatsoever photo-wise and that no one other than my review board had seen it.
To repeat: coyote fur scraps, silicone. If anyone has questions about how I made it I’m always open.
Part of experimentations from last semester. I have been calling this my “spirit hood”. Misc coyote fur, claws, silicone. My awesome classmate Shanna (Banana) took this for me.
I had hoped that it would be more form fitting, but, the paws do and the head piece doesn’t. Silicone won’t be my material of choice in the future for this process.
Been working on figuring out how much of the skin of the coyote matters to me, and when I wear fur, if I can allow myself to be enveloped by it.
Silicone and coyote.
I’ll have more photos and an update in the next few days on my projects I’ve been working on, but here’s something a classmate snapped a picture of :)
(it’s wrong because we all know I’m a coyote in deer’s skin right now… sneaky)
