Guy
A Fixture
120mm vignette
"A Mother's Pride"
featuring a Blackfoot woman and child ca. 1890.
Available December 2008
"A Mother's Pride"
featuring a Blackfoot woman and child ca. 1890.
Available December 2008
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YongA01
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Hi Quang,
This piece really nice and different as it has a nice story and human touch element which most figures don't...
Allan
This piece really nice and different as it has a nice story and human touch element which most figures don't...
Allan
Johan
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Great figure ! It's on my list for Christmas !
georges64
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A must have!!! Very soon Quang 
georges.
georges.
megroot
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Quang,
This is absolutely your style of sculpting. The Indian's are allways excellent sculpted.
Great work.
Marc
This is absolutely your style of sculpting. The Indian's are allways excellent sculpted.
Great work.
Marc
John Bowery
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Quang,
Great subject and beautifully sculpted and painted.
Cheers
John
Great subject and beautifully sculpted and painted.
Cheers
John
Bluesking
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Got mine undercoated and ready to start tomorrow!!!!
Major_Goose
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Nice work !!! I only wish i could have it in 90 mm !!
quang
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Thank you, friends, for your kind words.
Here are a few more details about this vignette.
This all started with an e-mail exchange I had with Bob Knee. I talked about an Indian mother and child vignette. Bob was quite excited about the project and told me how much he would like to paint it. That was just a short time before he passed away.
For a very long time, I was obsessed with Walter Reed's photo of a Blackfoot woman wearing a Lakota cradle on her back. I thought the combination of the mother in typical Blackfoot dress and the Lakota/Cheyenne-style cradleboard would be a good indication of the inter-tribal exchange during the reservation period.
The vignette is also a homage to Charley Russell, the 'cowboy artist', as it is based on one of his sculptures.
Here are some detail photos of the vignette.
Parfleches were folded envelopes of rawhide used for carrying dried food and clothing.Trapezoidal flaps, curved designs and triangles were typical of Blackfoot parfleches.
Beaded moccasin and legging. The triangle is typical of Blackfoot dresses, probably a symbol of the woman's womb (the same symbol can be found on woman's parkas in Inuit (Eskimo) culture) .
The cradleboard. Several styles of cradle developed in the Plains. The well-known lattice cradle was developed by the Kiowa in the South and rapidly spread to all the Plains tribes.
A V-shaped framework was attached to a skin bag which was usually completely beaded. The design here is typical Northern Cheyenne. Note the multi-coloured Pendleton blanket used as a liner.
I hope you like the pics. Your comments are welcome of course.
Cheers,
Quang
Here are a few more details about this vignette.
This all started with an e-mail exchange I had with Bob Knee. I talked about an Indian mother and child vignette. Bob was quite excited about the project and told me how much he would like to paint it. That was just a short time before he passed away.
For a very long time, I was obsessed with Walter Reed's photo of a Blackfoot woman wearing a Lakota cradle on her back. I thought the combination of the mother in typical Blackfoot dress and the Lakota/Cheyenne-style cradleboard would be a good indication of the inter-tribal exchange during the reservation period.
The vignette is also a homage to Charley Russell, the 'cowboy artist', as it is based on one of his sculptures.
Here are some detail photos of the vignette.
Parfleches were folded envelopes of rawhide used for carrying dried food and clothing.Trapezoidal flaps, curved designs and triangles were typical of Blackfoot parfleches.
Beaded moccasin and legging. The triangle is typical of Blackfoot dresses, probably a symbol of the woman's womb (the same symbol can be found on woman's parkas in Inuit (Eskimo) culture) .
The cradleboard. Several styles of cradle developed in the Plains. The well-known lattice cradle was developed by the Kiowa in the South and rapidly spread to all the Plains tribes.
A V-shaped framework was attached to a skin bag which was usually completely beaded. The design here is typical Northern Cheyenne. Note the multi-coloured Pendleton blanket used as a liner.
I hope you like the pics. Your comments are welcome of course.
Cheers,
Quang
megroot
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Lee,
I find this most interesting. As i said before this is your work, your style. You bringing out the most interesting Native American figures. And before you take some putty, you have studied enough to bring out a historical authentic figure.
Great work my friend.
Marc
I find this most interesting. As i said before this is your work, your style. You bringing out the most interesting Native American figures. And before you take some putty, you have studied enough to bring out a historical authentic figure.
Great work my friend.
Marc
olliesan
Active Member
Hi Quang,
This is a breathtaking piece, beautiful sculpting and a very atmospheric scene!
I hope and expect this will be a popular piece!
Cheers,
Olav
This is a breathtaking piece, beautiful sculpting and a very atmospheric scene!
I hope and expect this will be a popular piece!
Cheers,
Olav
