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“Have You Heard the One……”
In the fall of 2007 we had some ravens that would circle the property and late in the afternoon they would roost in some trees about 50 yards south west of our house. If we were outside at the right time we would listen to the ravens. It would sound like a conversation that was just out of range, you could hear the talking but not understand the words. It was friends meeting at the end of the day to talk over the day’s events. But then one raven would get louder then the others, and soon after that they would all be cawing, croaking and all other manner of raven vocalizing. Then the conversation would revert to the distant muttering and eventually repeat itself with another session of louder vocalizations. It was as if they were telling each other the best jokes they had heard.
“Have You Heard the One……” 36” T x 24”W x 1 ¼” D Blackware and raku low relief $2500.00
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“FINDERS KEEPERS”
On the Colorado Plateau there is a primitive area called “Grand Gulch”. It’s a canyon system on the Cedar Mesa that eventually drains into the San Juan River in south east Utah. In Grand Gulch there are many Anasazi ruins and in places it is hard to walk without stepping on 1000 year old pottery shards. It was also in Grand Gulch that the cowboy-archeologist Richard Wetherill came to the conclusion that the Anasazi and Basket Maker cultures were different and separate.
Two separate times in a side canyon of Grand Gulch, Pat and I were on backpacking trips and camped in the same area of Bullet Canyon. Along with seeing a intact Kiva with original timbers we also found a stone hammer and a small piece of turquoise. Above one ruin we found and photographed the signature of Richard Wetherill scrawled in charcoal above the ruin. We also stepped on numerous pottery shards. All were left that someone else could have the fun of discovering them as well. Both times (while camped in the same location) we saw ravens circle and land in a hole high on the cliff side. Now here is where the imagination takes over. It is known that all of the birds in the family Corvidae will collect things. Pat and I have personally observed it with Blue Jays, and the habit is probably part of why birds of this family are world wide in folk tales and legends. So what if successive generations of ravens have been collecting artifacts and objects of interest up in that hole in the cliff side?
Low relief wall piece. Saggar and blackware on plywood backing. Waxed linen and blackware charm between birds. 29.5” H x 23”W x 1”D $1600