July 2005 Studio Stool
two holes
Black body panel epoxy pattern with holes from locating pins; ( 4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 18.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Two Holes
Tribal name: Ambul West New Britain Province, islands off the south coast between Andru and Johanna rivers.
Artist name: Two Holes
Conception number: 112 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 30 of 810
the shine is lessened
worn down from being used
like old boot leather
parched
Shellacked parchment; aluminum backing. (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 18.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Parched
Tribal name: Ambulas East Sepik Province, Maprik district.
Artist name: Parched
Conception number: 47 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 31 0f 810
drove to hawk mountain
I thought parchment was paper
wow - animal skin
cast iron
Cast iron pattern; (4" unpaintd mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 20.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 38.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Cast Iron
Tribal name: Amele Madang Province, Madang district.
Artist name: Cast iron
Conception number: 113 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 32 of 810
how lucky we were
before the foundry closed down
pouring something else
address your
Painted Masonite; vinyl numbers. (Aluminum backing not visible); (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working title: Address Your Cat
Tribal name: Amio-Gelimi West New Britain and East New Britain provinces, east end and Solomon sea coast.
Artist name: Address Your
Conception number: 114 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 33 of 810
my first studio
Hanover street in Trenton
met Leon Rainbow
jellyfish
Two inch diameter bubble wrap; acrylic backing not visible. (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Bubble wrap
Tribal name: Amol Sandaun Province, Nuku district.
Artist name: Jellyfish
Conception number: 49 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 34 of 810
make it stand up straight
not an easy thing to do
It has no back bone
eating out
Clear plastic knives, forks, spoons, glued together; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Picnic Utensils; Eating Utensils
Tribal name: Amto Sandaun Province, Amanab Rocky Peak districts, south of Upper Sepik river, toward Left May river headwaters on Samaia river.
Artist name: Eating Out
Conception number: 58 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 35 of 810
knife fork spoon right hand
faux pas - I am left handed
many looks at me
poisonous poussie
3/4 inch plywood with aluminum backing; red dye, white acrylic paint; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Poisonous
Tribal name: Anam Madang Province, Josephstaal area villages.
Artist name: Poisonous Poussie
Conception number: 115 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 36 of 810
dots and bright colors
deadly food combination
best to stay away
pinkie
Packing popcorn attached to Masonite with spray adhesive; additional aluminum backing; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Pinkie
Tribal name: Anamgura Madang Province, northwest of Josephstaal.
Artist name: Pinkie
Conception number: 116 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 37 of 810
a mess working with
static electricity
It stuck all over
zig zag
Pattern with body panel epoxy; rubber bands; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Zig Zag
Tribal name: Andai East Sepik Province, Karawari rural district.
Artist name: Zig Zag
Conception number: 117 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 38 of 810
rubber bands are fun
Inexpensive box of them
the dark and the light
mild steel
Unblasted mild steel drop; chalk numbers; 4" unpainted mild steel "H" beam base.
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 20.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 40.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Mild Steel Drop
Tribal name: Andarum Madang Province.
Artist name: Mild Steel
Conception number: 118 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 39 of 810
monumental drop
I worked on the sailor nurse
this was the foam one
mild steel with feathers
Not blasted mild steel drop; molting peacock feathers; 4" unpainted mild steel H beam base.
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 20.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 40.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Steel With Feathers
Tribal name: Andra-Hus Manus Province, Andra and Hus islands.
Artist name: Mild Steel With Feathers
Conception number: 119 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 40 of 810
many sharp edges
reminder to be careful
I added feathers
network
Silicon bronze discs (plugs) of various diameters connected by silicon bronze rods; patinated black; 4" unpainted mild steel base.
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 20.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Starry Night; Plugs And Rods
Tribal name: Anem West New Britain Province, northwest coast and inland.
Artist name: Network
Conception number: 120 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 41 of 810
synapses between
this is what I call network
connecting the dots
big map
Foam with map pasted to it; shellacked; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Big Cat
Tribal name: Aneme Wake Oro Province, Afore district, both sides of Owen Stanley range.
Artist name: Big Map
Conception number: 52 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 42 of 810
memory of maps
every car had a bunch
for long distance drives
upstate map little
Foam with map pasted to it; shellacked; (4"unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Little Cat
Tribal name: Angaataha Morobe Province, Menyamya District
Artist name: Upstate Map Little
Conception number: 53 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 43 of 810
I once lived upstate
I worked at royer foundry
It was a good time
plastiline brown
Pattern covered with thin layer of brown plastiline. (Oil based modeling clay.); (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Brown Plastiline
Tribal name: Angal Southern Highlands Province, Mendi area.
Artist name: Plastiline Brown
Conception number: 70 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 44 of 810
oil clay never dries
smearing it on the pattern
again I am young
plastilene green
Pattern covered with green plastiline. (Green oil based modeling clay.); (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown.)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working title: Green Plastilne
Tribal name: Angal Enen Southern Highlands Province, south of Nipa, north of Erave river, east of Lake Kutubu, west of Lai valley.
Artist name: Plastiline Green
Conception number: 61 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 45 of 810
still having some fun
this time with another shade
my mind is open
bamboo brown
Brown plastilne over pattern with yellow bamboo inserts; ( 4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown). (Straight line series).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Bamboo Brown
Tribal name: Angal Heneng Southern Highlands Province, south of Margarima and Kandep, north of Lake Kutubu, west of Lai valley.
Artist name: Bamboo Brown
Conception number: 71 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 46 of 810
found yellow bamboo
not all inlays are metal
not just for fishing
bamboo green
Pattern covered with green plastiline; yellow bamboo inserts; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown). (Straight line series)
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Green Clay and Bamboo
Tribal name: Angor Sandaun Province, Amanab district.
Artist name: Bamboo Green
Conception number: 63 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 47 of 810
an elephant train
holding onto the front tail
another follows
green with white bones
Pattern covered in green plastiline; bamboo inserts painted with white acrylic paint; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown. (Straight line series).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Green Bones
Tribal name: Angoram East Sepik Province river area, Angoram district.
Artist name: Green With White Bones
Conception number: 73 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 48 of 810
let us make some bones
just need a little white paint
glow in the dark next?
brown with white bones
Pattern covered with brown plastiline; bamboo inserts painted white; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown). (Straight line series).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs +/-
Working name: Brown Bones
Tribal name: Anjam Madang Province, Astrolabe Bay district.
Artist name: Brown With White Bones
Conception number: 72 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 49 of 810
brown is not green clay
It is also facing left
how is this the same?
green black glass
Pattern covered in green plastiline; black safety glass inserts; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs +/-
Working name: Black Glass Green
Tribal name: Ankave Gulf Province, Kerema district, valleys of Mbwei and Swanson rivers.
Artist name: Green Black Glass
Conception number: 69 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 50 of 810
a smashed car window
break-in during the night time
found the pile on street
brown with black glass
Pattern covered in brown plastiline; safety glass black inserts; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 5.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Brown Black Glass
Tribal name: Anor Madang Province.
Artist name: Brown With Black Glass
Conception number: 78 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 51 of 810
alien planet
the surface covered in shards
crusting lava floes
no cat
Exposed slide; with white board and aluminum backing; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: None
Tribal name: Anuki North coast, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province.
Artist name: No Cat
Conception number: ? of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 52 of 810
royal atmosphere
this is the air we will breathe
when we are finished
jumble
Pattern with green plastic army soldiers attatched randomly; spray painted glossy black; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: G.I. Josephine
Tribal name: Ap Ma East Sepik Province, Angoram district.
Artist name: Jumble
Conception number: 100 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 53 of 810
every which way
there is no order involved
simply happenstance
changing
Mostly black colored figures with a few sand colored ones mixed in attached to pattern; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Changing
Tribal name: Apali Madang Province, upper Ramu river area, Aiome district.
Artist name: Changing
Conception number: 124 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 54 of 810
one step at a time
little by little
nothing stays the same
x-mas 1975
Green soldiers with red soldiers scattered attached to pattern; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: X-Mas 1975
Tribal name: Arammba Western Province, Morehead subprovince, southwest of Suki.
Artist name: X-mas 1975
Conception number: 144 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 55 of 810
the war was still on
green soldiers and dead ones
a Christmas present
autumn snow
Pattern covered with brown plastiline; safety glass inserts painted white; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Autumn Snow
Tribal name: Arapesh, Abu' Sandaun Province, Aitape district, East Aitape Rural LLG, wards 23, 24, 25; East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Mablep Rural LLG, ward 8.
Artist name: Autumn Snow
Conception number: 80 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 56 of 810
snow falling on ground
everything is now brown
not dead just asleep
snow in spring
Pattern covered in green plastiline; safety glass inserts painted white; (4" unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working name: Snow In Spring
Tribal name: Arapesh, Bumbita East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Torricelli mountains, south of Wom.
Artist name: Snow In Spring
Conception number: 79 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 57 of 810
maybe the last time
green is now pushing forward
soon there will be warmth
green dot bones - black dots
Pattern covered in green plastiline; bamboo inserts painted white with black dots; (4"unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown); (Straight line series).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-
Working title: Green Dot Bones - Black Dots
Tribal name: Arawum Madang Province.
Artist name: Green Dot Bones - Black Dots
Conception number: 131 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 58 of 810
looking down on rafts
I see the tops of the heads
off to work they go
brown dot bones - black dots
Pattern covered with brown plastiline; bamboo inserts painted white with black dots; (4"unpainted mild steel H beam base not shown); (Straight line series).
Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0"H x 17.0"W x 4.0"D
Weight: 25.0 lbs.+/-
Working name: Brown Dot Bones - Black Dots
Tribal name: Are Milne Bay Province, Cape Vogel tip.
Artist name: Brown Dot Bones - Black Dots
Conception number: 129 of estimated 810 PNG languages
Made number: 59 of 810
ants crawling on bones
nothing to bring back to nest
time to look elsewhere