Ruth Geos

24K Gold, found wood, rabbit-skin glue, chalk, bole, with found feather from Ellen Little, Milpe Reserve (Ecuador).

1 x 2 x 5 inches

Commission

Gold, 38 bird feathers [including African Grey, cockatiel, jungle fowl, grass parakeet, lovebird, eclectus, cockatoo, amazon, and other birds], Water-Gilded Wood

5 ½ x 2 ½ x 3 inches (2012-2015)

Poetry: John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

Reverse view

Poetry: John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

Gold, 40+ bird feathers [including cockatiel, budgerigar, macaw, rose-breasted cockatoo, jungle fowl, grass parakeet, and other birds], Water-Gilded Wood.

24k. Gold, 37 Bird Feathers [including feathers of macaw, amazon, eclectus, African Grey, conure, budgerigar, lovebird, grass parakeet, jungle fowl, golden pheasant, rose-breasted cockatoo, pionysis, and other birds], Water-Gilded Wood. 

5 ½ x 6 ¼ x 6 ½ inches

Poetry:  Kitagawa Utamaro’s Chorus of Birds, I came dressed/Like a swallow   [1790]   

I came dressed
Like a swallow
But now I untie my sash
Looking forward to
The long night ahead.

Gold, Peacock Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

Gold, Green Peacock Feathers, Water-Gilded Wood.

Gold, 58 feathers [including lovebird, macaw budgerigar, cockatoo, peacock, silver seabright, Hamburg, and other birds]

7 5/8 x 3½ x 5½ inches (2017-2018)

Poetry: Joe Miler, Poem for a Wedding

Reverse view

Gold, 50 bird feathers [including lovebird, budgerigar, peacock Hamburg, silver seabright, and other birds], Water-Gilded Wood.

5 x 3 x 3 inches (2018)

Poetry: Joe Miler, Poem for a Wedding

Reverse view