"Kokopelli Dress"
39x 25 x 3 ˝
Photo transfer on artist made paper, painted with watercolor, sculpted and
sewn, enhanced with feathers, shells, sinew, and rattlesnake vertebrae.
"My
Mother the Sea"
36 x 36 x 2
Handcast artist made paper feathers, painted and enhanced with sea shells.
This piece is sold unframed ...
"My Brother
the Eagle"
36 x 36 x 2
Handcast artist made paper feathers, painted and enhanced with copper.
This piece is sold unframed ...
"Red
Storm’s Journey"
47 x 27 x 3 ˝
Artist made paper, colored with pulp, adorned with beads, feathers
and shells, mounted on a handmade paper rug.
"Shirt for
Ancient Ones"
27 x 36 x 3 1/2
Photo transfer on artist made paper painted with watercolor, sculpted, sewn,
enhanced with buffalo head nickels, feathers and beads hung on willow stick
with ocotillo cactus
"Hunter Shirt"
15 x 7 x 2
Photo transfer on artist made paper painted with watercolor, sewn, sculpted, and enhanced with beads.
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"In His Moccasins"
12 x 7 x
3
Handcast paper molded, painted and adorned with silver beads and sinew
"We Three, Kokopelli, Bear Clan"
(From left to
right)
18’’ round 2 “ deep
Three individual handcast
artist made paper shields
"Dress for
Walking Cloud"
42 x 27 x 3
˝
Cotton and linen artist made paper, painted, sewn sculpted, and enhanced with ostrich eggshell disks,
tin burden beads, leather pouch, trade beads, feather and hung by willow branch with ocotillo cactus
"Feather
Moon, Cave Spirits, Sky Ladder"
(From Left to Right)
18” round 2“ deep
Three individual handcast artist made paper shields
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"Joyful
Spirits"
6 x 4 x 1
Figures sculpted with handmade paper and paper pulp clay, painted and adorned with ribbon, beads and copper.
My
handmade paper is created from cotton, wool and assorted fibers cut into small
pieces and blended together with water. Color comes from the fibers themselves or from added
pigments. After using a mold and
deckle to form the sheets of paper the art
takes shape on a vacuum table. The
vacuum table extracts the majority of the water from the pulp, at that time
I sculpt the piece into the desired shape. Once the piece is dry, I sew,
paint and add adornments. I do
not attempt to reproduce or duplicate actual Native American pieces. I create my own visions and include a touch of fantasy. I do
incorporate many historic symbols into my art; feathers, shells, bones,
beads, stone,
wood, bear claws, elk’s teeth, horse hair, porcupine quills,
fetishes and arrowheads.
Ancient
Native Americans’ aesthetic vision that beauty and function cannot be
separated is evident in the art of their clothing. I believe my
interpretation of that vision reflects the essence and spirit of a distant past.
Listen
to the drum. Watch the dance
...
LOrtiz44@comcast.net
You may also see
some of Linda's beautiful artwork at
www.taosblue.com
click on
Artists and then Linda Ortiz.
