The Discovery
Deer Hunted
The Record
Catalogue2026-4007
Year2026
Wood speciesBog Scots Pine
Estimated wood age400 - 4,000 years old
PigmentsPurple heart dust in resin for the eye
FinishDanish oil
MountingPurpleheart - solid wood piece with indent cut by bandsaw. Markings left in middle intentionally for a totem effect and a juxtaposition with the polished cap and base. Then stained with Ebony Woodstain for a purple black polished effect
Weight0.5 kg
Dimensions57 × 30 × 26 cm
MetalStainless steel mount
ResinEpoxy Resin for eye
Deer Hunted is a bog wood sculpture that remembers an older Ireland and the great animals that once moved through its ancient landscape. The Irish elk, or giant deer, disappeared from Ireland around the end of the last Ice Age, leaving only bones and memory behind. Dark and elemental, the Discovery pays homage to those vanished creatures, carrying something of the ghost of the giants that came before us. A statement sculpture about extinction and deep time, Deer Hunted evokes a feeling of the fragility of wildlife.
Inspiration & Notes
This piece reminds me of the Giant elk or a majestic stag, Valient.
The Lore
- Symbolist
- Ritualistic
- Organic
- Organic
- Primitive
- Fossilised
- Nature
- Sacrifice
- Survival
- Extinction
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