DETAILED SHORT VIDEO OF A PIECE JUST COMPLETED AND SOLD. ENTITLED "THE BIRD AND THE BOAR TOOTH". IT WAS ASSEMBLED WITH THINGS THAT I FOUND DUMPSTER DIVING IN SILICON VALLEY. THE BIRD IS A LOVE BIRD THAT RAN INTO MY CAR ONE SUMMER DAY IN 1993. I TRIED TO SAVE ITS LIFE BUT THE CHEST WAS CRUSHED BEYOND HELP. THE BOAR TOOTH CAME FROM A BOAR HEAD THAT I BURIED BACK IN 1994. I LEFT IT IN THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A MONTH THEN DUG IT UP, SAME WITH THE LOVE BIRD. WHEN I WENT TO DIG UP THE BOAR HEAD TO SEE IF IT WAS "READY" THIS FOUL STENCH TOOK UP THE WHOLE FIELD WHICH IT WAS BURIED IN. THAT DAY, THERE WAS 2 DIFFERENT SOCCER GAMES GOING ON IN THE FIELD WHERE IT WAS BURIED. ALL THE SOCCER MOMS AND DADS SMELLED WHAT WAS INVADING THEIR NOSTRILS, AND INSTANTLY TURNED TOWARDS ME AND SAW THAT I HAD A SHOVEL, A 5 GALLON BUCKET, A SMALLER GARDEN SHOVEL, AND THE HEAD OF SOMETHING! THEY GOT ALL FREAKED OUT AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO CALL TO POLICE ON ME. I GRABBED THE HEAD EVEN THOUGH T WASN'T FINISHED BEING "EATN' BY NATURE" AND WENT TO MY BUDDIES HOUSE (SID NEEDLES) AND STARTED TO EXAM IT. I THEN KNEW THAT I HAD TO REBURY IT SOME PLACE ELSE. I DROVE UP TO THE BACK PART OF ALMADEN VALLEY AND REBURIED IT DOWN THIS ROAD WE USED TO PARTY AT. THE ROAD WAS RENAMED "THE BOAR SITE" AFTER THIS. WHEN I THOUGHT THE HEAD WAS GOOD AND READY, I WENT BACK UP THERE AND DUG IT UP AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS READY! AFTER IT WAS CLEANED UP, GAVE 2 OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS A TOOTH EACH. ONE TOOTH MADE IT TO THIS SCULPTURE.
interesting looking work, looks like it has some symbolic meaning to it
mnilandcom 3 years ago