STONE RELIEF 2

	We have had five homebirths at Rainbow Valley. The fifth was in April 2000. The third was in February 1993. A Dutch couple who travel around the world on a juggling tour came to Rainbow Valley to check it out for a suitable birth place. Their ambition was for the baby be born in their tepee into the nomad tribe. Unfortunately on the day of the birth one of our rainstorms raged and the dream proved impractical. The event was rescheduled to the upstairs of the Community House.

	It became the impetus for a study series of photos and carvings. My first carving on the right was alright if you did not look all around, because I had a couple of profiles right but not all; it did not meet in the right proportion in the back. I Decided on another one which is listed under woodcarvings. Then when my partner did her big sculpture in Oamaru stone, there were big off cuts. A 70 mm thick slice was turned into the above illustrated relief carving.
A 18 mm thick particle board backing screwed into the stone, shaped at the same time and painted white is mounted with aluminum fixtures so that the work can be supported by two screws in a dwang.