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Coyote Angel

2000/1/3, dream-related sculpture, 19", by Chris Wayan.
Body: paperclay (a fine-grained papier-mache). Wings: coathanger, aluminum foil, acrylic gel and paint. Eyes: glass marble shards.

Back view of coyote girl shapeshifting, as her arms stretch into smoky wings. Sculpture by Wayan. Click to enlarge Coyote-girl caught shapeshifting just as her arms stretch into smoky wings. Sculpture by Wayan. Click to enlarge.

A half-done sculpture I couldn't wait to show as-is... It's a portrait of a coyote woman, or so she seems. But she's a shapeshifter; who can be sure?

The sculpture's a sort of three-dimensional snapshot, catching her in the turmoil of transformation, as her arms curl and coil like smoke, rearranging into wings...

Below, with more sculpted face and hair. Her eyes are shards of purple & green marbles.

close-up of coyote-headed shapeshifter close-up of coyote-headed shapeshifter
My friend Priscilla suggested I add partial hands; she didn't want the price of flight to be handlessness--helplessness.

I tried it. I liked it. They clarified this isn't a fixed, surreal predicament but the momentary swirl when arms become wings.

Coyote girl faces right as her arms stretch into smoky wings. Sculpture by Wayan. Click to enlarge Coyotegirl faces left as her arms stretch into smoky wings. Sculpture by Wayan. Click to enlarge.
I didn't meet her in a dream, but she's dream-related. Now & then I dream I am Coyote--as in Coyote Pajamas or Coyote's Vault. But I can only wish I looked this good.


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