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    ART

    SCULPTURE

    POLE SCULPTURE

    WOOL POLE, WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA, 2012

     

     

    Wool Pole is part of Matthew Chase-Daniel's ongoing series of site-specific Pole Sculptures, placed in environments around the world. Each work in the series is made from locally collected materials which are part of the region's culture and ecology. Wool Pole uses Churro sheep wool in the four traditional colors, collected from local Navajo herds.

     

    Working with local master dyer and tool-maker Mark Deschinny and others, Chase-Daniel has, spun and felted the wool and hung it from a tall wooden pole, as an act of reverence and honoring. Over time, the sculpture, installed outside the Navajo Museum in Window Rock, will be affected by the elements: Rain, wind, sun, ice, heat, and cold. The balls and strands of wool will break down in a natural process of decomposition, and redistribute their bounty to the surrounding landscape.  The sculpture speaks of living cycles of plants and animals, of the relationship of the earth to the sun, of birth, death, and regeneration, of the cyclical aspect of nature, and of our human relationship to these cycles.

     

    Many, many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project, especially all the spinners and felters in Window Rock, Hard Rock, Ft. Defiance, and Santa Fe.  I didn’t get everybody’s name, but many are listed here:

     

    Edith Simonson

    Lorraine Herder

    Mark Deschinny

    Eunice Khan

    Genevieve Hardy

    4th & 5th grade students from Hunter’s Point School

    Birdie

    Elijah Yazzie

    Tashina

    Trish Arviso

    Francess Benally

    Alice Curtis

    EiRena Begay

    Bahe Whitethorn

    Students from St. Buenaventure elementary in Thoreau

    Students from Nazlini

    Carmecita Navaho

    Donna Jones

    Cheryl Joe

    Marilyn Dempsey

    5th grade students at Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta

        Shawndee Begay

        Martin Byjoe

        David Charles

        Cori Chavez

        Jenna Crowe

        Kiyannabah Harvey

        Albertt Haskie,

        Tyrease James

        Tieron Johnson

        Lacey Neswood

        Aleshia Pete

        Tyler Showie

        Ko’naa Tallman

        Kaitlyn Toledo

        Burke Williams

        Natanii Yazzie

        Talis Yazzie

        Renee Young

    Students at Tsehootsooi Middle School

    Nina Tsosie from Tohatchi

    Winter Rose

    Abra Patkotak

    Therese Lynston

    Sarah Hewitt

    Edie Tsong

    Che Tsong

    Crystal Worl

    Michelle McGeough

    Ryan Rice

    Jerry Wellman

    Paul Baglione

    Kathleen McCloud

    Kathryn Davis

    Kristen Lora

    Kyce Bello

    Donna Ruff

    Mary Kite

    Amy Kawadler

    Sherrie Brody

    Learn more about TIME 2012 on the Navajo Nation here.

     

    Watch Dylan Mclaughlin’s video about this and other T.I.M.E. 2012 projects here.

    pole from below
    pole from below
    the pole
    the pole
    Wool Pole
    Wool Pole
    Navajo Nation Museum
    Window Rock, Arizona
    spindle
    spindle
    sheep, Hardrock, Arizona
    sheep, Hardrock, Arizona
    ram
    ram
    spinning lesson
    spinning lesson
    Edith Simonson teaching Matthew Chase-Daniel
    Hardrock, Arizona
    balls of yarn
    balls of yarn
    felt balls
    felt balls
    spindle
    spindle
    in process
    in process
    skeins
    skeins
    in process
    in process
    wrapping the pole with yarn
    wrapping the pole with yarn
    Eirena Begay
    Eirena Begay
    making a ball of yarn
    Eirena Begay
    Eirena Begay
    lunch break
    carding wool
    carding wool
    Navajo Nation Museum
    Window Rock, Arizona
    Genevieve Hardy
    Genevieve Hardy
    working with yarn
    working with yarn
    spinning
    spinning
    at IAIA, Santa Fe
    carding wool
    carding wool
    at IAIA
    wheel spinning
    wheel spinning
    at IAIA
    Sherrie Brody felting
    Sherrie Brody felting
    Mary Kite felting
    Mary Kite felting
    Santa Fe
    Shearing workshop, Prewitt, NM
    Shearing workshop, Prewitt, NM
    shearing workshop
    shearing workshop
    Prewitt, NM
    shearing workshop
    shearing workshop
    Prewitt, New Mexico
    Shearing workshop, Prewitt, NM
    Shearing workshop, Prewitt, NM
    shearing workshop
    shearing workshop
    Prewitt, New Mexico
    carding wool
    carding wool
    Window Rock, AZ
    working
    working
    Window Rock, AZ
    Marilyn Dempsey and student
    Marilyn Dempsey and student
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    students working
    students working
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    students working
    students working
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    students working
    students working
    with Matthew Chase-Daniel
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    student working
    student working
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    student working
    student working
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    learning about wool
    learning about wool
    with Matthew Chase-Daniel
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    spinning
    spinning
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
    spinning
    spinning
    Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
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