Thank you Desmond and J. for building the rack.
We successfully brought back 3 sets of bamboo poles.
November 14-16 the Tipi's be in Rockingham County at the Primative Ceramics Firing.
Art emerges with the desire to create. Driven by an aboriginal instinct, it is everything from daily habits to communication. The practice of art may contain, but does not need a concept or rationalization. It needs only action. Art can be depiction of subconscious images seen earlier that day. Or it could be a layered ongoing process resulting in multiple duplicates of an object, like a tool. These depictions and sculptures can have a purpose. The need for tools is the origin of creativity and ingenuity. Needs are desires. I see art as a desire to resolve the questions we have about life. When we make Tipis there is a layered concept that drives the creation. It is a concept that is mutual with other human beings and ancient cultures. The “take only what you need” concept is juxtaposed against modern waste materials. These elegant archaic structures of the past were created with the regards to resourcefulness, function and beauty, but they did not have attached political implications of our Tipi. Within our structure there is the desire to make a home that reflects the environment of the 21st century. Is it an answer to the problem or an attempt to solve it?