if i went rummanging through your carcass, would i find you?

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Slaty Spinetail (Sinallaxis brachyura), family Furnariidae, order Passeriformes, Volcan, Panama

Pink robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli)

Phoenix (N/A)

Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Rock dove (Columba livia)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Common raven (Corvus corax)

Great tit (Parus major)

"Survival"

Cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze, nichrome wire

A piece about caring and bonding deeply intertwined with survival, and death as a legacy to the building of love and community.

IMMMM so glad you asked! all of the above are from the internet, and the below are my own!

Some Snow Birds

Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Little Blue Heron Bird, 1986. Gouache and watercolor on board.