Glen Skien Mytho-Poetic print and assemblage works at Sturt Gallery

Glen Skien & his Mytho-Poetic print and assemblage works at Sturt Gallery in Mittagong
wings & birds, artist books & printmaking trace history & map myth into poetry in this touring exhibition
Object-Poem 4: Mytho-Poetic- 1962 Fokker Friendship Aircraft Wing …Scale (1:5)
detail of words and inlaid fragments in the back of the wing
Object Poem II: All the things I could have told you about birds
box board, sculptured muslin birds forms, pins
Object Poem II detail
Biography 1-7
muslin birds set in resin
Atlas III
hand bound artist book, ink, white charcoal, bitumen
39 x 56 x 3 cm
Atlas II
hand bound artist book, ink, white charcoal, bitumen
39 x 56 x 3 cm
Atlas II detail
you can read more about this deeply inspiring work here, here, here & here
and here’s a few photos of Glen’s Mytho-Poetic crow that he kindly traded with me back in 2012
with Beauty Mo 2012
the dark bird has made several appearances in The illustrated lyrics of Old Man Crow
Bar Room Piano Mo 2013

Operator Mo 2014
Crossroads Hotel Mo 2013

The Magic of Eliene St Romain

The Spirit Dolls of Old Man Crow & Mo made with deep heart and good magic by Eliene St. Romain
make a different sort of nativity scene with the Barrel of Fun and Glen Skien’s Mytho-Poetic Crow bearing witness
Eliene has spoiled us over the years with so many magical treasures, here’s a few photos
a clock to tell ‘Crow Time’
Eliene asked me to send a high res jpg of the logo for this special birthday treat for Old Man Crow a few years ago
her carved gourd lamp illuminates Old Man Crow’s music room
gourd drum and rainstick by Eliene with beaded shakeres by Carol Duprey
bejewelled gourd masks by Eliene
the fabulous feathered hatbands
Eliene’s ‘Crow Rock’ surrounded by Dragonglass and two very old ivory carvings inherited from Old Man Crow’s grandfather
Gourd Woman protects the hearth
and the Labyrinth Stone
with a Magic Eye on the other side
Eliene has a huge heart of gold everything she touches is filled with her deep sense of spirit
namaste dear friend!

the alchemy of roses

Glen Skien’s Mytho-Poetic Crow is the silent guardian at the window
the Mr Lincoln roses are nearly ready
this piece of iron called out from the park to come home & act as the mordant in the rose brew
channeling Morticia Addams in the old 60’s TV show The Addams Family I cut the heads off all the red roses
isn’t this a wonderful 21st C world!
then filled the pages of the rose book with petals, stamens, sepals and leaves
bound the book & paper bundles with rose stems, silk, flax & nettle string and wrapped the iron mordant with paper interfacing and linen thread
(NB this bit is totally intuitive I have no idea what I am doing ( it may well all turn to mush!)
just having a go after seeing  India Flint’s wonderful rose book a couple of years ago!)
in the pot ready to add lukewarm water
and here’s what the pot looked like after being heated gently for 1 & 1/2 hours
the bundles are held down by a heavy glass mortar Eric of Dragonglass blew for me about 25 years ago
now it’s time to let it cool down overnight and have a look in the morning!

it was just a dream…

“it was just a dream…” by Mo 2012
woke up with a start from a dream of losing my wings & quickly put them back together with red & ochre waxed linen thread, 7 feathers from a dead raven and Glen Skien’s Mytho-Poetic Crow

Beauty meets with a Mytho-Poetic Crow by Glen Skien

A Mytho-Poetic Crow from Glen Skien’s recent exhibition of Mytho-Poetic Transitions arrived inthe post today.
It is made from made from inky black printmakers muslin wrapped around alfoil & held together with pins
Glen’s work is even more powerful in real life than in his photographs.
You can read more about his work here & here & here.