{"id":92,"date":"2023-04-09T23:18:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T23:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-10-05T07:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:46:50","slug":"birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Crucible Foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">photos by Samantha Lissette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Indoor Exhibition<\/strong> \u2013 Botanic Gardens, Auckland &#8211; <strong>November 2023 &#8211; March 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>\u2018To Have &amp; to Hold\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Spoonbill pair &#8211; speaking to the state of lifelong commitment and stability; caring for and receiving loving kindness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646-77x96.jpg 77w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1646.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387-969x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387-969x1024.jpg 969w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387-768x812.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387-91x96.jpg 91w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2387.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Crucible Foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">photos by Samantha Lissette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Indoor Exhibition<\/strong> \u2013 Botanic Gardens, Auckland &#8211; <strong>November 2023 &#8211; March 2024<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>\u2018Forager\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Wren amongst the Mistletoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258-80x96.jpg 80w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2258.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383-125x96.jpg 125w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2383.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" data-id=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858-167x96.jpg 167w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20201119_111354_858.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Regal foundry <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">photos by Andre Van De Ven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Following in My Fathers Footsteps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Male Quail &amp; two Chicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Originally this was a private commission for my uncle, Stephen Rodgers. It then developed into a limited edition of 12, first exhibited at the&nbsp;<strong>2019-20 Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition<\/strong> at&nbsp;the <strong>Auckland Botanic Gardens Indoor exhibition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Made to celebrate the <strong>California Quail families<\/strong> living in <strong>Cromwell, South Otago<\/strong>, I developed the idea further to include the father and 2 chicks, representing my uncle and his 2 daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">When I began sculpting the male quail I was concerned that the birds lack of shape and complex&nbsp;colouration would create a boring sculpture and a difficult patina. As a way of combating this I began adding detail to the birds body. This eventually resulted in the detailed realism of the work and the painted patina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698-77x96.jpg 77w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/inbound2006619847100272698.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"581\" data-id=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BirdonaLimb_samantha_lissette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BirdonaLimb_samantha_lissette.jpg 873w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BirdonaLimb_samantha_lissette-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BirdonaLimb_samantha_lissette-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BirdonaLimb_samantha_lissette-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Artworks foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">photos by Andre Van De Ven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Bird on a Limb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Waxeye &amp; Abstracted Flora<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Bird on a Limb<\/strong> references elements of <strong>Rose Cathedral<\/strong>, in the <strong>Rose Garden<\/strong> at the <strong>Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This originated from &#8216;<strong>Short Embrace&#8217;<\/strong>, a medal in the <strong>2004 MANZ exhibition<\/strong>. It, in turn, came from another medal, &#8216;<strong>Katybird<\/strong>&#8216;, I did for a <strong>2002 MANZ exhibition<\/strong> in which I explored ideas around anatomical relationships between flora and fauna. This featured a native <strong>Tui<\/strong> on a branch on the obverse, and a <strong>Katydid cricke<\/strong>t on the reverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_7893.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Artworks foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Gull Post <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Folded wax abstracted Sea Gull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Exhibited for&nbsp;<strong>NZSoS Womens Refuge Exhibition,Fort Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">A friend and fellow sculptor, Christine Hellyar, gave me some sheets of wax. I was drawn to the creative potential of this material and started&nbsp;experimenting with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">I loved the way it&nbsp;could be torn, shaped and folded like paper and then cast into bronze. I left areas open so that the nature of the material was exposed. I also wanted to play with the ideas of negative space. The forms I was making suggested to me that the eye would somehow fill up the gaps and comprehend the whole object. It was difficult to create stable 3D objects with only sheets of wax, and the foundry did well to cast the work without distorting the form.&nbsp;I love the expressive quality of the folds and rough surfaces. My usual art practice involves smooth surfaces, so this was a satisfying departure from my usual, and very rejuvenating!! I loved making these Gulls and feel they represent an important part of my practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">The Gulls have found the perfect permanent home right on the coast of&nbsp;<strong>Massachusetts, USA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-72x96.jpg 72w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5450-rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"770\" data-id=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/waxeyekowhai.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/waxeyekowhai.jpg 514w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/waxeyekowhai-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/waxeyekowhai-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Artworks foundry <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Bird on Kowhai<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Waxeye &amp; Kowhai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This wall mounted work combines the native&nbsp;<strong>Kowhai<\/strong>&nbsp;with the native&nbsp;<strong>Wax Eye<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"756\" data-id=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FlorasLimbs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FlorasLimbs.jpg 438w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FlorasLimbs-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FlorasLimbs-56x96.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Artworks foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Flora&#8217;s Limbs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"> Kowhai &amp; Waxeye on abstracted flora<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Flora&#8217;s&nbsp;Limbs references elements of <strong>Rose Cathedral<\/strong>, in the<strong> Rose Garden <\/strong>at the<strong> Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This originated from &#8216;<strong>Short Embrace&#8217;<\/strong>, a medal in the <strong>2004 MANZ exhibition<\/strong>. It, in turn, came from another medal, &#8216;<strong>Katybird<\/strong>&#8216;, I did for a <strong>2002 MANZ exhibition<\/strong> in which I explored ideas around anatomical relationships between flora and fauna. This featured a native <strong>Tui <\/strong>on a branch on the obverse, and a <strong>Katydid cricket<\/strong> on the reverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:61.31878%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4174-1024x1013.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4174-1024x1013.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4174-1024x1013.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1125&#038;ssl=1 1125w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1113\" data-id=\"813\" data-link=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/birds\/img_4174\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4174-1024x1013.jpg\" data-width=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4174-1024x1013.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:38.68122%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4177-1024x1021.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4177-1024x1021.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4177-1024x1021.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1125&#038;ssl=1 1125w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1122\" data-id=\"637\" data-link=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/miniatures\/img_4177\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4177-1024x1021.jpg\" data-width=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_4177-1024x1021.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20201013_142123.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20201013_142123.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20201013_142123.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=947&#038;ssl=1 947w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"533\" data-id=\"635\" data-link=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/miniatures\/20201013_142123\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20201013_142123.jpg\" data-width=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20201013_142123.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM-603x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM-603x1024.png 603w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM-177x300.png 177w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM-768x1304.png 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM-57x96.png 57w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.32.07-AM.png 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Artworks foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Peace Makers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Fantails &amp; leaf forms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This Art Deco inspired work was part of&nbsp;<strong>Terry Stringer<\/strong>s installation for the&nbsp;<strong>2010-11 Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition <\/strong>at the<strong> Auckland Botanic Gardens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/sam.omi.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-709x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-768x1109.png 768w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-1064x1536.png 1064w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM-66x96.png 66w, https:\/\/samanthalissette.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-12.34.13-AM.png 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Cast bronze . volcanic rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Flux foundry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\"><strong>Bird Call<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#a28808\">Black Bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This work is part of &#8216;<strong>Celebration<\/strong>&#8216; 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