Corrobboree

corrobboree n. Australian aborigines' festivity and dance; any noisy gathering; uproar. © The Hutchinson Encyclopaedia

This serie gave their names to, and were named by, George Manby, a friend of the artist who has had a lifelong fascination with all forms of communication and the various kinds of  language used to facilitate it.  He says, “I can sense the entities that lin has created making a noise, both amongst themselves, and sent out to those who engage them.   In listening to them making this noise, a type of vibration I call a brrmur, I have picked up and picked out parts of their character and thus pieces of their names.  I have also looked at them and studied their physiognomy and seen their character reflected in particular features.  To me they are more than mere objects and are individuals; they are a group of individuals. In the English language tradition of naming  numbers of animals with collective nouns, they have become to me a brrmur of kloogs.”

Electric kiln fired to cone 5-6. Approximately 9-20 inches tall. 2007-2008