Mane of horse - butterfly Pea flower - Winters end shed from the body of horse - Sheep wool - Sun scorched botanicals, e.g collect used tea leaves from your day or week - Cedar oil 34 x 28 cm
Presented for a class criticism discussion
Mane of horse - butterfly Pea flower - Winters end shed from the body of horse - Sheep wool - Sun scorched botanicals, e.g collect used tea leaves from your day or week - Cedar oil 34 x 28 cm
Peduncle, sepal, seeds, petals, stigma, from fruit you have eaten - dried. - Hay - Cedar wood - Horse's mane - Obsidian bead - Sheep wool. 33 x 31 cm
Peduncle, sepal, seeds, petals, stigma, from fruit you have eaten - dried. - Hay - Cedar wood - Horse's mane - Obsidian bead - Sheep wool. 33 x 31 cm
Rabbit's winter shed (voodoo a personal rabbit) Mane of horse - Matcha green tea - Cedar oil 33 x 27 cm
bag 0.31 model: francheska
Rabbit's winter shed (voodoo a personal rabbit) Mane of horse - Matcha green tea - Cedar oil 33 x 27 cm
lucerne/oaten hay - Dried chamomile - Yerba mate - Sheep wool - Goat hair - horse's mane - Cedar oil 33 x 29 cm
lucerne/oaten hay - Dried chamomile - Yerba mate - Sheep wool - Goat hair - horse's mane - Cedar oil 33 x 29 cm
Horse’s Mane/tail - Charcoal - frankincense - Sheep wool - Grassy hay - Cedar oil 35cm x 25cm
Bag displayed in it's open form
Horse’s Mane/tail - Charcoal - frankincense - Sheep wool - Grassy hay - Cedar oil 35cm x 25cm
Chamomile tea bag innards - White sheep wool - Black horse mane - Cedar wood shavings - found furs - white horse tail. 36 x 33 cm
Chamomile tea bag innards - White sheep wool - Black horse mane - Cedar wood shavings - found furs - white horse tail. 36 x 33 cm
White horse mane - Sheep wool - peppermint tea bag - cedar wood. 25 x 22 cm
White horse mane - Sheep wool - peppermint tea bag - cedar wood. 25 x 22 cm
Goat, sheep wool Saddle; a focal resonating depiction, representing your ally for you. - Spun sheep wool - Lucerne hay, articles which delight the entity - Candle, shaped of the ally or its food - Frankincense - Mixed crushed Sunflower oil /linseed oil, Cinnamon, Chamomile. 90 x 60 x 50 cm
Iron blacksmith saddle rack. Classic artist prints adorn the metal.
Goat, sheep wool Saddle; a focal resonating depiction, representing your ally for you. - Spun sheep wool - Lucerne hay, articles which delight the entity - Candle, shaped of the ally or its food - Frankincense - Mixed crushed Sunflower oil /linseed oil, Cinnamon, Chamomile. 90 x 60 x 50 cm
Sheep wool - Baby nettle - White horse hair - Rice sack cord - Cedar oil. 20cm x 15cm (a ritual displayed in process)
Sheep wool - Baby nettle - White horse hair - Rice sack cord - Cedar oil. 20cm x 15cm (a ritual displayed in process)
Farm weed stem - Sheep wool - Corn husk - Dried vegetable peduncle, Bone. 66 x 26 x 22 cm
Farm weed stem - Sheep wool - Corn husk - Dried vegetable peduncle, Bone. 66 x 26 x 22 cm
Pine &cedar wood beads - Sheep wool - Purple & Orange carrot - Grass roots - Corn Husk - Capsicum peduncle - Apple storks - Horse tail hair . 35 x 23 x 8 cm
Bag about 18 months later. Bugs have eaten away at the dried vegetable cuttings, the bag is left wit
Cedar wood - Sun scorched purple carrot - White sheep wool - White horse's mane - collection of died tea. 48 x 16 cm
Cedar wood - Sun scorched purple carrot - White sheep wool - White horse's mane - collection of died tea. 48 x 16 cm
Limestone, Bovine colostrum. Grind soil from Pincushion moss with burnt Myrrh, charcoal and earth from your desired places. Storm water, Incandescent light, Moon light. 72 x 45 x 75 cm.
Limestone, Bovine colostrum. Grind soil from Pincushion moss with burnt Myrrh, charcoal and earth from your desired places. Storm water, Incandescent light, Moon light. 72 x 45 x 75 cm.
Hallows Bags
The arrangement of the Hallows Bag is devised using a rudimentary spell casting method. Trust is placed in the nature of the materials collected to take their own forms which help greatly in consummating the final intention of the alchemist.
These intentions do not imperil its entity.
Certain “Hallows” bags retain a clipping of the maker’s chosen hair. After it is tethered, the piece becomes devoted to him, whose hair it sits upon. It becomes a personal peace. Refraining from touching this piece will benefit the viewer, as it will ensure no mix of intent.
Adornment on the outside of the smaller vessels sits like armour, or an exoskeleton, protecting valuables within. The adornment protects them from outer auras so that, once finished with the valuables within, they can be returned to the same place as whence these tools were collected. Wood on the bag cleanses the vessel, readying it for its next practice.
Two arms of a bag mimic the two arms of a human body and, when worn the loops of the bag are split and lay over the arms, the two arms on the bag become four legs, evoking a four-legged creature.
For one of the bags the receptacle’s arms become ears. Flemish giant fur enriches the centre of this particular bag. The talismanic properties begin here for the vessel because now it alters itself as the rabbits token for benefit over all. Creates not only an art but a form which can hold a functional.
2 Francheska Coenraads, Personal Grimoire
The bag now possesses a special connection with its owner, both fused by history, these ornaments hold an element of good charm to them.
Many early Americans farmed and had abundant corn and little money. Cobs were used for kindling, the kernels for soup, bread and pudding, the husks for rugs, baskets, mattresses and for dolls. Families of puppets. The colours from botanicals could paint clothes and faces. A ritual delineates the process of boiling the husks to soften them, tying the leaves into a little body, attaching more to make a dress, kernels for buttons and fresh corn silk for yellow hair. Dried wildflowers embellish the rest.
The ethos of century old traditions hold great richness in history. Human folklawick folkloric crafts would work towards creating little objects shaped like themselves and inspire endless imaginings in the person to whom they belong.
The modern world now recognised them as dolls, companions, bibelots.
earlier in history dolls were offered as sacrifices to Gods. Figures were used to teach the story of a holy family. In many cultures, dolls were often considered a tool to make people fall in love with one another.
Dolls may look like the people who made them or like supernatural beings. Let these dolls be messengers to you from other times and places; discover what they have to say. 3
top view, inside a hay talisman
Black horses mane, Sheep wool, Cedar oil. 42 x 16 x 9 cm
Butterfly Pea flower - Sheep wool - Back horse mane for binding - Oaten hay - cast of a lock of hair. 22 x 20 cm
Butterfly Pea flower - Sheep wool - Back horse mane for binding - Oaten hay - cast of a lock of hair. 22 x 20 cm
Displayed as a collection (was used as a screen for 'invocation' video)
Mixture of tea - Sheep wool - Cedar oil - Grassy hay. 60 x 70 cm
Displayed as a collection (was used as a screen for 'invocation' video)
Talisman
This talisman first began through a personal gathering of natural bibelots which are used to bind. In this particular case, the talisman is a vessel, in which more trinkets can be placed.
Many of the talismans from this group possess their forms as a consequence of an ideology of an intimate narrative about a place and its elements or energy. These collections become charmed ingredients for a spell.
Each individual work is formed from collected substances through daily musings. Within certain locations, the work evolves into an elemental narrative.
Derived from sheep wool, lanolin is a healing oil which heals my skin. The smell evokes a bond between beings. The horsehair is obtained from the horse; a modern day mythical creature. The hair falls as I groom. A parallel is drawn between man and beast. Hair, frequently used for love and binding charms, is an object holding tremendous power and vulnerability. It was believed a magical person’s power could reside in their hair.
Leftover pulp from tea, herbal plant organs, fruit peels and seeds are dried and collected. A fable falls into place:
‘I use what once gave me energy’ 2 .
The talisman shown in my BFA collection are currently in use. Their current states evolve as they enhance the place in which they dwell.
Sometimes the talisman is seen paired with an exhibit, elevating the overall invocation of it's viewers.
Tera Black clay (Montmorillonite clays usually include the sediment of volcanic ash that was naturally deposited in seawater) - Sheep wool - Goats beard - Horse's Maine - Dried peppermint leaf - Cedar oil - Cedar wool shavings. 30 x 16 x 5
Tera Black clay (Montmorillonite clays usually include the sediment of volcanic ash that was naturally deposited in seawater) - Sheep wool - Goats beard - Horse's Maine - Dried peppermint leaf - Cedar oil - Cedar wool shavings. 30 x 16 x 5
Tera Black clay (Montmorillonite clays usually include the sediment of volcanic ash that was naturally deposited in seawater) - Sheep wool - Goats beard - Horse's Maine - Dried peppermint leaf - Cedar oil - Cedar wool shavings. 30 x 16 x 5
Mane of horse, Sheep wool, Sun scorched botanicals from your daily or weekly harvest, Cedar oil. 30cm x 10cm
Mane of horse, Sheep wool, Sun scorched botanicals from your daily or weekly harvest, Cedar oil. 30cm x 10cm