Atacama Desert Art: funky creations in the driest place on earth
Here’s some pieces from my @lawayakacurrent residency in October 2022. I focused on natural materials during my residency and so the abundance of alpaca wool (and black dog hair) lying around our home became a new medium to play with! Sandra had let us make pompoms with dyed alpaca wool, so I collected some scraps to turn into a wall hanging. After many failed attempts to felt the wool together, I ended up stitching a few pieces together, making a dog hair pendant and adding some clay buttons I had made in the earth oven.
These pieces are part of my focus on playing through art instead of trying to control the art process. Not quite sure what I created, but I enjoyed doing it!
Thanks to @a.kitsu for being a great model
River clay fired using traditional Lickan Antay indigenous earth kiln methods
Dog hair, llama wool and river clay
Dog hair, llama wool and river clay
Earrings from dog hair
Necklace and earrings from dog hair. Modeled by Amelia
Dog hair, llama wool and river clay
Unearthing fired clay from the earth kiln
Necklace from dog hair
Beginning the earth kiln firing
Necklace and earrings from dog hair
Sandra showing us how she makes decorations from the alpaca wool
Dog hair, stick, llama wool and river clay