Man and Sea Otters - Framed Limited Edition Print
Susan Point
24" x 30" framed dimensions
1981
Edition 40/100
This design in an interpretation of a spindle whorl carved in the nineteenth century in Cowichan. In an interview with The Museum of Anthropology's Art Curator Karen Duffek (1985), the artist identifies the figures on the original as sea otters. Man and Sea Otters was Susan Point's second print, but it is her first very traditional piece. She notes that she choose the design because it was used by "the boys at home" on their soccer jackets. She also attributes Stan Greene as a source of inspiration, noting that she saw some of his Coast Salish spindle whorl silkscreen prints at a show. She notes that he also did an adaption from the same spindle whorl, but his is different because they have different styles. Susan choose to use brown for this print because it is a Salish colour, and because there is no colour in the spindle whorls just natural wood. After she had been working with this medium for awhile she decided that she didn't want all of her prints to be the same colour, and so began incorporating her own colours.
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