THE DISMANTLED SQUIRREL ETCETERA

Installation: 20 cm x 3 cm x 12 meter

Skeletal fragments from Squirrel, Mink, Magpie and Capercaillie Hen.

In “DISMANTLED SQUIRREL ETCETERA” I use real animals as sculptural material. I explore and preserve the physical remains of the life cycle. Skeletal fragments; small delicate bones from deconstructed animals and birds creates a temporary state of grace. I’ve chosen to show nature´s forms as they are. The animals are dipped in porcelein, fired in the kiln and finally broken. The extreme fragility of these tiny fragments blurs the distinction between what is the object and what is dust. An intricate network of hidden forms are exposed, where what was the inside becomes the outside. The skeletal remains are concrete and identifiable, but have been reduced through the firing process in the kiln. Associations connected to the living creatures are further abstracted through the choice of display method. Skeletal fragments from “death in nature” are arranged in 60 individual coffin-like cosmetic containers, an immediate reminder of an endlessly self-centred way of life and death´s perpetual finality.