... The Eskimo Sculptor is gently holding the walrus tusk intact in his hand and whispers: “Who are you? What lies there?”
”Ah Ptarmigan!”
”The sculptor's knife releases the form that was hiding in the tusk. "
”... The Eskimos do not force the ivory [to become something], but respond to it as it reveals. That is their attitude towards everything, especially the people - the parent vis-à-vis the child, the husband vis-à-vis his wife. "
”... Like an X-ray device, the sculptor reveals not only what he sees, but what he knows is inside.”
From Edmund Carpenter's notes (1958)
”Ah Ptarmigan!”
”The sculptor's knife releases the form that was hiding in the tusk. "
”... The Eskimos do not force the ivory [to become something], but respond to it as it reveals. That is their attitude towards everything, especially the people - the parent vis-à-vis the child, the husband vis-à-vis his wife. "
”... Like an X-ray device, the sculptor reveals not only what he sees, but what he knows is inside.”
From Edmund Carpenter's notes (1958)
So delicate and beautiful.
RépondreSupprimerx x x
making the loveliest images in my mind
RépondreSupprimer