Ocean Water Protection Mantle of Responsibility, Amaniidza da lax süülda
MORGAN ASOYUF
Ocean Water Protection Mantle of Responsibility, 2019
Amaniidza da lax süülda
freshwater pearls, engraved silver, silver salmon vertebrae, green amethyst, prehnite, diamonds
Collection of the Artist
Water protection is one of the main issues for Indigenous people on the coast. We are concerned about the return of the salmon, and how fish farms, oil spills, and other pollution will affect this essential resource.
For this necklace, I cast vertebrae from salmon that I fished on the Skeena River. I kept some of the vertebrae and dried them out, and eventually I was able to reproduce them in silver, using modern casting techniques. From the time I caught that fish until now, it took seven years. It's not a quick process to develop new things, it takes time.
Amaniidza da lax süülda
freshwater pearls, engraved silver, silver salmon vertebrae, green amethyst, prehnite, diamonds
Collection of the Artist
Water protection is one of the main issues for Indigenous people on the coast. We are concerned about the return of the salmon, and how fish farms, oil spills, and other pollution will affect this essential resource.
For this necklace, I cast vertebrae from salmon that I fished on the Skeena River. I kept some of the vertebrae and dried them out, and eventually I was able to reproduce them in silver, using modern casting techniques. From the time I caught that fish until now, it took seven years. It's not a quick process to develop new things, it takes time.