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Bill Brody
Cane with the Head of a Woman, 1980
Cherry and hickory wood 4” x 2” x 31” SOLD Website: http://billbrodyartist.com/ Fairbanks, AK Photo by Jennifer Maldonado VO by McKerrin Kelly |
“I carved a number of canes for people who were aging or injured. I did not offer this kindly, but as a rebuke for
surrendering to infirmity. My canes were not well-intentioned aids to mobility, but a reflection of my own arrogant stance
that age and infirmity were states of mind to be rejected.
Over the past twenty years I've come to greater acceptance of my own aging and consequent mortality. During that time I
have had occasion to use the cane when I was laid up by injury or surgery. The cane has become an aid to mobility, and the
angry, immature and ill-intentioned subtext is gone.”
Bill Brody
DESCRIPTION:
"Cane With the Head of a Woman is carved in hickory and cherry wood. The handle is shaped like an elongated woman’s head, neck and shoulders.
The woman’s hair curves back from her face into a bun. Her eyes are closed and her face is carved in long, flat planes. The eye-ridges and nose shape are like the lines found in wooden African masks. Below the woman’s head and hair, the handle curves in and out to form the profile of a neck and shoulders. The right profile of the handle is much smoother than the left. Underneath the shoulders, the handle curves back in to fit to the narrower shaft of the cane.
The handle is joined to the shaft with rectangular notches that alternate the dark wood of the cherry and the light colored hickory. The shaft spreads out on top to fit into the base of the handle, curves in a little, then splays out again and gradually narrows at the bottom of the cane." -A. Laura Brody
The woman’s hair curves back from her face into a bun. Her eyes are closed and her face is carved in long, flat planes. The eye-ridges and nose shape are like the lines found in wooden African masks. Below the woman’s head and hair, the handle curves in and out to form the profile of a neck and shoulders. The right profile of the handle is much smoother than the left. Underneath the shoulders, the handle curves back in to fit to the narrower shaft of the cane.
The handle is joined to the shaft with rectangular notches that alternate the dark wood of the cherry and the light colored hickory. The shaft spreads out on top to fit into the base of the handle, curves in a little, then splays out again and gradually narrows at the bottom of the cane." -A. Laura Brody
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