When I found and drew a dead bird outside of Brampton City hall, it effected me a great deal. I wrote a blog (www.RicksonArt.blogspot.com) about the experience and was told about www.flap.org, an organization that lobbies buildings to turn off their lights to prevent 'window kill'. When you purchase this piece, a percentage will be donated to FLAP to help prevent unneeded bird fatalities.
The experience inspired me to create this 'Birdcage', as I found myself thinking about both life and death in relation to my own fertility. In creating a new life, I must accept that mine will end.
This bird carries unhatched eggs with it's wing like tentacles, and keeps too hatched eggs safely inside her body, where two beaks grasp two stones, like precious bits of food.
Choose your children's birth stones for inside the beaks! Simply write which cubic zerconia stones you'd like from the chart in the 'message to seller'. Maximum 2 stones, for more write the stones in the 'message to seller' an I'll send you an invoice for $25 per stone.
Features:
~Measures: 2.5" x 1.5" x 1" in (6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm)
~Choose your own stones!
~Arrives on a sterling silver chain
~Comes with a complimentary handmade gift card and gift bag
International Shipping
~ Takes 4-7 business days to Canada and the US
~ For express shipping write 'express' in the message to seller and I will send an invoice for $20. You will get fast 2-5 business day shipping and a tracking number.
Made to Order
~Please allow 2-4 weeks for me to create your custom piece. If you have a special date in mind, write it in the message to seller and I will try to accomodate.
I hope you enjoy this new piece,
Rickson
Visit RicksonArt.com and join my discussion: 'Feelin Fertile' to assist in my ongoing research. http://crafthaus.ning.com/forum/topics/feeln-fertile
Also my Blog Post 'Quite as a Bird' inspired this piece as well: http://ricksonart.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-found-this-dead-bird-other-day-and.html
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