Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box

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Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box
Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box

Climate Justice - 2022 Charity Box

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4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Cedar, acrylic, quartz skull.

THIS BOX IS NOW SOLD. FINAL BID $700.00

This piece is part of our 2022 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 26th to December 10th.

"There’s a small window of opportunity left for us to make change in regard to our relationship with the natural environment, and the facts that surround climate change. As we look into that tiny hole of death, and all the trauma that has been placed on us through capitalism, colonization, patriarchy and greed, we have to seek the ability to still be visionaries and healers. 

In ancient times, seeking quartz crystals gave one the ability to fly in Kwakwaka’wakw culture, and those who took risks to heal flew around the world bringing a message of hope to the people. 

There’s a shimmering of light left, let’s all embrace it and rise from the depths of darkness as a new awakening, to make the world better.

The future belongs to our children and their future, healing from the impacts of colonization is a collective responsibility, doing the work together, to heal the land, and heal us as a whole is what reconciliation can be.

Dedicated to all the children of today, and tomorrow." - Rande Cook

Rande Cook

CULTURAL GROUP:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Namgis, Ma’amtagila, Mamalilikala)

BORN:
May 26, 1977

BIRTHPLACE:
Alert Bay, BC

Rande Cook (K'alapa) is a self-taught jeweller who also creates limited edition prints and works in wood. He inherited his grandfather's chieftainship in 2008, and now carries the name Makwala, meaning "Moon." Rande has apprenticed under adopted Kwakwaka'wakw artist John Livingston in wood carving techniques. He produces jewellery in gold and silver, masks, bentwood boxes, drums, prints, and paddles. As a child, he was strongly influenced by his grandfather, Gus Matilpi. Rande was featured in the Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2 exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, NY, in 2005. He has been expanding his capacities with new creative ideas in jewellery. In 2010, he traveled to Italy to study European smithing technique under Valentin Yotkov, and in 2012, he traveled to New York to Yotkov's studio to develop repoussé and chasing techniques. In 2015 and 2016, Cook held the Audain Professorship of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with the Visual Arts department at the University of Victoria. Also in 2015, Rande was awarded a BC Achievement Award in First Nations Art from the province for his artistic contributions. Rande's work can be found in galleries throughout Canada and the United States, and in collections around the world.

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