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  Carol Eckert

  Consider the Ravens

  Cotton and wire

  58” x 68” x 3.5”

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  Carol Eckert

  Crocodile Crozier

  Cotton and Wire

  68” h

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  Carol Eckert

  Valley of the Quest

  Cotton and Wire

  43” x 62” x 3.5”

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• Carol Eckert

  Without Saints

  Processional in 3 sections, cotton, linen, wire.

  61” x 20” x 3”

  Based on Benozzo Gozzoli’s 1459 painting, Journey of the Magi

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  According to Isidore

  Linen, wire

  20 x 88 x 5”

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  Song of the Steppes

  Cotton and Wire

  9 x 11 x 9”

  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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• Carol Eckert

  Poem of the Antelope

  Cotton, wire

  15" x 17" x 2"

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  The Wisdom of Swans

  Cotton, wire

  12" x 13" x 2"

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  Of the Flocks and Herds

  Cotton, wire

  11.5" x 15.5" x 5"

  Private Collection

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Statement:

Each piece begins with symbols and stories — creation stories, legends of great floods, tales of quests and journeys, parables of good and evil.  I am intrigued that cultures from so many different times and places share related traditions. The universal nature of animal symbolism also appeals to me:  snakes as symbols of evil, storks or cranes as signs of good fortune. Mythology and art have been intertwined for as long as there have been humans on earth, and my work often makes references to art history.

Coiling is a technique so ancient that no one is exactly sure when it first began.  Though it is traditionally used to make vessels, I construct a myriad of coiled forms, including staffs, shrines and books.  My pieces are often complex, but the technique is simple, requiring only a threaded needle.

Selected Collections:

• Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
• Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Denver Art Museum, CO
• de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
• Erie Art Museum, PA
• Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
• Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Szombatheli Keptar, Szombathely, Hungary
• US Embassy, Mbabane, Swaziland, Art in Embassies, US Department of State