Friends have a daughter who truly loves hamsters, and is heart-broken each time a pet dies.
Which is often since hamsters don't live that long. For lack of a proper memorial, sometimes the hamster winds up in the freezer. What to do?
There's enough room on the "monument's" base for her to write the name of every hamster
she's ever had or is likely to have.
The paper cut is craft. Her interaction with it, documenting beloved pets over the years, makes it art.
Which is often since hamsters don't live that long. For lack of a proper memorial, sometimes the hamster winds up in the freezer. What to do?
Hamsters are originally from Syria. How about an Assyrian style monument?
I would have loved to carve a giant sandstone hamster sculpture like this one,
but it was 5 am, so I made a paper cut instead. It's much quieter and quicker.
but it was 5 am, so I made a paper cut instead. It's much quieter and quicker.
she's ever had or is likely to have.
The paper cut is craft. Her interaction with it, documenting beloved pets over the years, makes it art.
7 comments:
Very cute !!!
Lovely idea, very moving.
Beautiful paper cut. And what a lovely gesture to make this for her!
What a wonderful way to create an ongoing memorial and growing piece of art!
Thank you, all.
Much as I love (making) objects, I'm understanding that art is about making relationships and connections- within a work itself and with the work and its audience.
Snif....being an ex hampster and the occasional mouse pet owner, I am touched by this. I love the way you added the Assyrian influence. The last sentence is poetry, you know that don't you?
I am of Assyrian descent and I find it very refreshing that we're not completely forgotten as I had thought.
Nice artwork sir!
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