Sun

Red cedar, carved and painted by hand in the Northwest Coast formline tradition.

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Artist: Ross Henderson, Kwakwaka'wakw
Medium: Red cedar, carved and hand-painted
Form: Mask with radiating rays
Colour: Black, red and yellow
Dimensions: On request
Provenance: Signed and dated by the artist. Direct from the studio.

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Signed and dated by Ross, with the story of the piece
Bought direct from the artist, never through a reseller
Carefully packed and shipped worldwide

The piece

Another sun, another face.

A second Sun, its face ringed in yellow and red, the rays reaching out in carved and painted cedar. What a crest means belongs to the families who hold it, so the story of this Sun is Ross's to tell.

Every line was drawn by hand before the first cut and painted with a fine brush after the last.

How Ross works

From the studio

Ross laying out formline on cedar — **01 · Drawing**The formline is set out on the cedar before a single cut.

Ross cutting cedar by hand — **02 · Carving**Cut by hand, the knife following the drawn line.

Ross painting red formline by hand — **03 · Painting**Painted by hand, one brushstroke at a time.

Ross shaping a cedar paddle in the studio — **04 · Shaping**The form is refined by hand, cut by cut, until it is right.

A film by Roam the Blue · 4 min

The story behind the art.

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