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The Human Series
This is a new series of boxes that feature real human bones. Each box is dedicated to a particular person, and illustrates a significant part of that person's life or death. Stories are included with each piece.
Artist Statement- Letters from the Dead
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Unknown Persian, the Ancient Zoroastrian (Circa 1313)
In 1904, archaeologist, Sergei Casperov, discovered bones of a human hand atop an ancient Dokhmas in what is now known as Eastern Afghanistan. He did not realize it at the time, but from the moment he placed the bones into his white canvas bag, his life would never be the same... More
$2500
Media: Human hand, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental applique
Shipping for this item is approx $50 to US and Canada
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Lucius of Clausa, the Cambion (1694-1698)
Lucius of Clausa, is believed by many to be the best documented case of a cambion (a child born of the union between a human mother and a succubus/incubus) in early modern history... More
$975
Media: Human verterbae, antique frame, ornamental mouldings
Shipping for this item is approx $50 to US and Canada |
Solange, the Fated Seamstress (1805-1831)
It is hard to say if the life of Solange was a wasted one. Whether or not she suffered from hearing voices or seeing visions is not known. It was however clear from her personal journals that she believed she lived her life accompanied by a dark apparition...More
$925
Media: Human verterbae, acrylic on Mahogany, antique frame, velvet
Shipping for this item is approx $50 to US and Canada |
T. Phineas Lockwood, the Unfortunate Anatomist (1797-1859)
It is an unfortunate thing when one's death outshines one's life, and it is even more unfortunate when that life held potential for greatness. This was the story of T Phineas Lockwood, a brilliant student who suffered an paradoxic death...More
$975
Media: Human sacrum, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental mouldings
Shipping for this item is approx $50 to US and Canada |
Bijou, The Bear Handler (1877-1910)
Bijou was discovered by a Russian team of fortune seekers wading through the Amazon River. She was looking for her twin sister, who had disappeared several days before... More
$950
Media: Human mandible, shark teeth, acrylic on mahogany, antique paperweight, wooden appliques
Shipping for this item is approx $40 to US and Canada |
Juax, the Gravedigger (1521-1584)
The area around the Lago de Paxcuini is famous for their Festival of Death. As a parade of masked and feathered ghouls, the inhabitants walk in a solemn procession through the graveyards, ringing bells without clappers. The legend associated with a traditional belief, which originated in the 16 th Century, states that anyone who hears the bells ringing, he/she shall be the next to die...More
$1200
Media: Human scapula, crow mount, antique bell, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental appliques
Shipping this item is approx $50 to US and Canada |
Miss Hiss, the Snake Dancer (1924-1982)
Miss Hiss (born Laila La Beaux) was the granddaughter of the famed sideshow vixen Piranha-Hanna. Like all female descendents of Hanna, she was born and raised in the carnival environment. Unlike the other female descendents however, Lola was not born with the sharp teeth of a wild animal. Instead, she was born with an arrow-tipped tail like her grandfather, the late great Senor Diablo... More
Currently on sale at the JEM gallery at 22 East Cordova, Vancouver BC
Media: Human hand and wrist bones, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental moulding
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Taranga, the Human Sacrifice
The oral history of the South Pacific Island of Haulaku has been passed down for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. The story of Taranga is perhaps the most haunting, as its startling effects have endured to this day...More
$975
Media: Human ulna and radius, acrylic on wood, spanish moss, LED flicker candle and tiki holder, feathers, ornamental appliques
Shipping for this item is approx $50 to US and Canada
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Seraphine, the Clairvoyant (1855-1906)
At the age of 17, Seraphine was struck by lightning while gathering plums in her father's orchard. Although this unfortunate event resulted in complete deafness, it also brought her a gift. She was able to clearly ‘hear' others' hopes and fears simply by touching their hands...More
$825
Media: Human sternum, antique frame, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental appliques
Shipping for this item is approx $40 to US and Canada
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Johann Von Essente, The Alchemist (1498-1563)
Johann Von Essence belonged to a brotherhood of Alchemists and Philosophers, who met nightly to study and discuss the secret knowledge they believed was hidden in Egyptian Hieroglyphics... More
$925
Media: Human sacrum, acrylic on mahogany, ormamental applique
Shipping for this piece is approx $40 to US and Canada
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Lalazar, the Seer and Apprentice (1336-1352)
As a child, Lalazar was witness to his entire family succumbing one by one to the Black Plague. He was raised from the age of 13 by a Priest named Nicodemus. Early on Lalazar came to assist Nicodemus perform the last rites of the countryside's dwindling population, as the plague raged on into 1349... More
$975
Media: Human humerus, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental applique
Shipping for this piece is approx $50 to US and Canada
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Nicodemus, The Priest (1302-1358)
Nicodemus, a priest of the Angemont Monastery, ministered to those dying during the Black Plague. In the early days of 1350, while Nicodemus was giving last rights to an older woman, he saw a strange shadow move across her body. From that day forward, dark apparitions became more and more perceptible to him, often seen touching or watching the dying... More
Media: Human vertebra, acrylic on wood, ornamental moulding
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Jose Del Fuego, The Sailor (1755-1801)
Born in Portugal, Jose Andres Del Fuego worked aboard the ship d'Allmeida as it traveled from Lisbon to Cape Verde to exchange goods with various Portuguese colonial settlements in the waters off of West Africa... More
Media- Real human tibia, acrylic on wood
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Arias X Diaz, The Insomniac (1692-1750)
October 21st , 1744 was the date that Arias Diaz stopped sleeping. It was not unusual for sailors to fall victim to insomnia, but it was a curious thing to spend the next 6 years wide awake... More
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Xenocrates of Delphi, The Astronomer/Astrologer (193 – 254 CE)
Xenocrates was born in Delphi during the exact moment of a solar eclipse. Stirred by this unusual time of birth, the citizens knew he would have a remarkable destiny, and when he later grew to be an Astronomer and Horary* Astrologer, they devotedly accepted his word ...More
Media- Human sternum, acrylic on wood
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Piranha-Hanna, The Circus Performer (1877-1945)
Piranha-Hanna was born in the darkest jungles of the Amazon basin. She was found around the age of 7 by an American adventurer, bathing in piranha infested waters. Finding no native adults to place her with, the American took her home to his wife in New York to raise her as their own... More
Media- Human mandible, shark teeth, piranha, acrylic on wood
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Horishi Kiku, the Tattooist (1804-1826)
Horishi Kiku knew from the time she was a small girl, that she would practice the art of Japanese body engraving. Her father did not approve of this choice as her life would be closely tied to criminals and prostitutes; however she was determined to follow this path...More
Media: Human scapula, acrylic on mahogany, ornamental moldings
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Odette, The Saint
(1642-1657)
Odette was born in Tours, France into an affluent family. At the age of 15, she was to be married to Marcel De Champs, a wealthy merchant residing in Toulon. Odette, however, begged her father to allow her to be released from the promise of marriage, so that she could devote her life to God... More
Media: Human clavical, acrylic on wood, Victorian finial
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