Making Old Bones

Making Old Bones
by Dale Copeland, 2006
mixed media assemblage
bones & beads, crochet, turkey claw, music box. 450 X 300 X 50 mm
NZ $850 + freight /shipping costs

I'd never heard the term, then read it three times in one day. Making old bones ... usually in the context of "He/she will never make old bones." Saved by a dissolute youth? Nostalgia and reality, lace and aching bones. Accompanied by a tinkling music box. Dance while you can.

photo by Dan Levin

Dale Copeland Dale lives in coastal Taranaki. A collage & assemblage artist, she has exhibited widely around the world. A bio & selected exhibition list, if you like that sort of thing, can be found on dalecopeland.co.nz email Dale

More of Dale Copeland's artwork can be seen on her site at dalecopeland.co.nz
and in the Showcase section of the Virtual Tart site.