Song of the Stars

Starry Transit_oval frame with bird bones text ribbon

Starry Transit_panorama in shape of cross showing observatory space

Starry Transit_night view of cabinet and machines in observatory

Starry Transit_day view of cabinet two drawers open

Starry Transit_cast iron machine with two round maps

Starry Transit_round map detail brass rings

Starry Transit_day view in observatory with mirror cabinet machine

19" high x 33" wide x 2" deep

2005

wild goose skeleton, wood, iron, copper, graphite, pigments, silk

Song of the Stars contains the words to a Passomoquoddy Indian song, surrounded by a wreath of bones from a Canada goose. This piece is a reminder that we are interconnected with all the elements of the natural world, and that we are part of the cycle of birth, florescence, death and rebirth. Photograph by Eric Ferguson.