Spirit Bear 2009

While I was in Burk's Falls, it was nice to take a few photos of the 'spirit bear' sculpture I made for Karen in 2006. It's a winged white bear with a wood armature and canvas skin.

'Spirit Bear' (2006) by Bill Pocock (circa 2009)

The idea was to leave it in an outside environment and the canvas skin would slowly rot away from exposure to the elements, echoing the decay of an actual bear's skin to reveal the wooden skeleton underneath. The wood skeleton (spruce and white cedar) of the sculpture would then also decay, turning to soil.

I hope to continue to photograph this sculpture as it decays into soil over time. I like its location on top of a mossy rock. The spirit bear looks down over a sloping ridge to a beautiful lake below.

Another angle of 'Spirit Bear'