An Zilli Piskador (the eel fisher)

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by sam horton

Acrylic, transfer, spray paint

h: 97 w: 72 d: 3 (cms).

Part of the 'Eythin' series of work based on life on a quasi fictional Island off the coast of Cornwall. Looking at the luminal aspects of island life and the power of myth and folklore. This figure represents the hunting and fishing aspects of the island, an archetype of coastal life and a totemic figure for the community as they fish for eels with spear under the moonlight. 

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