Personal Artwork for my great nephew, born in 2007.

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”Hopes and dreams led by the heart...”
 

Created for my great-nephew born in 2007, ‘Peaceful Warrior’
represents the hopes and dreams of my niece’s new-born baby boy - Will. The form evokes the strength and power of bird’s flight, led by the heart. The materials used represent input from 3 generations of family: the head is composed of a Native American axe-head and arrow-heads found on my Grandparents’ farm located in New Jersey – just a few miles away from where Will was born; the chest and wings are formed using wrought iron sleigh runners found on my parents’ property in New Hampshire and the black beach pebbles were found on a beach located on the Beaufort Sea – Arctic Ocean collected by myself. Tile supplied by Santa Theresa Tile Works. Budget: A Gift for Will Bradica

- my new-born great nephew.

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Responsibilities:

Artist and Fabrication
 

Medium: 10-gauge burnished stainless steel disc, Native
American axe head and arrowheads found on my Grandparents’ farm in New Jersey, sleigh runners found on my parents’ property in New Hampshire, beach rocks from the Arctic Ocean, ceramic tile, recycled copper tubing and wire.
 

Dimensions: 3’ Diameter
 

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