April 2019 Center Punches

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easter 2019

easter 2019

Copper and wood composite pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 19.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 19.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Perforated Copper Onto Woodcut

Tribal name: Unubahe Milne Bay Province, Gumini village.

Artist name: Easter 2019

Conception number: 700

Made number: 737

time for the bunny

our cat hops around for mice

In our small backyard

snow falling

snow falling

Copper sheet and wood pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 20.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 19.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Perforated Copper In Negative Wood

Tribal name: Ura East New Britain Province, Gazelle pensinsula.

Artist name: Snow Falling

Conception number: 701

Made number: 738

late in the season

all are ready for summer

a shocking snowfall

film

film

Resined fiberglass on copper sheet with gold leaf; black painted mild steel channel base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 15.0”H x 12.0”W x 3.0”D

Weight: 5.0 lbs +/-

Working name: Sand Mold Sheet (influenced by)

Tribal name: Urapmin Sandaun Province, Telefomin district, southern headwaters, Sepik river; Western Province, North Fly district, Olsobip RLLG, Dumidubi area.

Artist name: Film

Conception number: 251

Made number: 739

thin ice in birdbath

cold nights and chilly mornings

sunny afternoon

rusted metal positives

rusted metal positives

Rusted metal pieces on plaster coated pattern; oxide powder; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Positive Metal Chunks On Acrylic

Tribal name: Urat East Sepik Province, Dreikikir distirict, southwest of Wom, south of Kombio.

Artist name: Rusted Metal Positives

Conception number: 673

Made number: 740

metal decaying

giving color to the white

a happy marriage

oil board

oil board

Oil soaked wood pattern; unfinished mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 20.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Oil Board

Tribal name: Uri Morobe Province, Boana district.

Artist name: Oil Board

Conception number: 686

Made number: 741

my hands are dried out

thank you girly man hand cream

I feel better now

I/O

I/O

Chalkboard painted pattern; plaster dust. Safety glass and safety glass support not shown.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 14.0”H x 9.0”W x 3.0”D

Weight: 7.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Bits and Bytes; 1/0

Tribal name: Urigina Madang Province, 50 km downstream on Ramu river from Dumpu.

Artist name: I/O

Conception number: 005

Made number: 742

Kitten number: 162

Impressions in stone

from prehistoric ages

their power awes me

jukilee's skin tats at 4X

jukilee's skin tats at 4X

Painted pattern; prussian blue wiped cement nails that are half polished; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Originally was to be plaster on screw heads.

Tribal name: Urim East Sepik Province, Maprik subdistrict, into Sandaun Province, Nuku subdistrict, southwest of Kombio.

Artist name: Jukilee’s Skin Tats At 4X

Conception number: 304

Made number: 743

her skin was coffee

tats were carbon paper blue

regal elegance

failure on the candy button machine

failure on the candy button machine

Painted pattern; casting plaster; while plastic sheet stock; polychromatic paints; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 6.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Candy Buttons

Tribal name: Urimo East Sepik Province, 35 km south of Wewak.

Artist name: Failure On The Candy Button Machine

Conception number: 169

Made number: 744

work horror stories

there has to be a books worth

the things that go wrong

evidence

evidence

Painted pattern; flat white painted casting plaster with shellack; unfinished mild steel H beam base. (Floating Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 6.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Naked Footprint; I Am Here; Evidence That I Was Here

Tribal name: Uruava Bougainville Province, southeast coast. No known L1 speakers.

Artist name: Evidence

Conception number: 529

Made number: 745

so used to socks/shoes

thick mud covered my sandals

between all the toes