Revealing of my Healing
Ceramic masks, Each mask has a Birth Certificate that hangs below its chin.
Christine ( Kricket ), was born in Rouyn Noranda, Quebec in 1965. Raised in parts of Ontario and Montreal. She left for Arizona in 1984 and ten yrs later returned to Canada in 1994; having already established herself as a self-taught bone carver – focusing mostly on bone-based custom jewelry. Upon her return to Canada, as a big part of her healing process, Kricket began her work on a variety of unique and originally styled masks. She is now ready to share these masks, physical manifestations of her life, her journey, her struggles, her healing, and her transformation. These masks are all original, mostly abstract art expressions. Each piece is hand painted and beaded and personally named . She is open to elaborate on the feelings and inspiration behind the creation of each mask, even though the name of each mask speaks for itself. From the artist:
I have learned to heal many parts of pain throughout my life via art.
The creation of my masks came after losing 10yrs of my life in Arizona USA.
I came home not knowing a soul and having to start my life from scratch. I let all my pain go into my masks that you will see here. The names are of great significance to me. Each mask came alive with its own unique personality. That energy would then connect me to a certain culture where I found their name and the meaning behind it. Each mask has a birth certificate which explains their name, the meaning behind it, and tells their story. I feel that most of my masks you can look at and figure out if it is male of female, brother and sister, husband and wife.. etc. I hope they will speak to you as loudly as they do to me.
I love a challenge and encourage custom work.
