Artist Statement: This Coast Salish spindle whorl design depicts a Thunderbird with the spindle hole simultanously symbolizing the wHEELS (God gave us feet for a reason) of Western culture.

the spindle whorl
from Coast Salish cultures
the medicine wheel
from First Nations cultures
the ancient wooden wheel
from Mesopotamian culture

the sacRED appreciation
of the circle
of First Nations cultures
the secular, tech-NO-LOGICAL
appreciation of the circle
invented as wheels of Western culture

the worlds a circle
the worlds a wheel
with beasts of burden
fossil fuels
primitive pollution

--lessLIE


This work was created for and featured in the Transporters: Contemporary Coast Salish Art exhibition at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in November, 2007, and is also available as a limited edition serigraph print.

$6,500.00 CDN

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