Chapter 28: Study for “Cradle”

Speaker 0 00:00:00 Chapter 28, study for Cradle. This chapter describes study for cradle by Faye Heavy Shield, created in 1992 and measuring 61 by 47 centimeters. There's a tactile version of this drawing. It is labeled five. This chapter is one minute long. Speaker 1 00:00:19 In this graphite drawing, the artist has sketched out a baby's garment similar to a blanket with a peaked hood. Though the hood is up and the garment is filled out as if there's a little body inside the face. Opening is dark. Heavy shield has layered dark pencil markings, so that creates the effect of a deep cavernous void. Inside surrounding the form is a long triangular shape. In soft pencil marks almost like a shadow. The fabric is un patterned, A simple white. The title cradle perhaps refers to a cradle board made and used by indigenous peoples to protect and hold babies on their mother's. Back. Speaker 0 00:00:58 To hear more about this work, play the next track or move to the next stop. Continue on the path directly behind you for five meters, crossing the gallery. The drawing is in front of you.