Deer foot!

On the Klimt02 website I found an artist that works with natural materials like bone, wood, bamboo, coconuts. Bas Bouman is an artist from the Netherlands. His statement: "Most of my works have to do with the value of a material itself: Its iconographical value; its mythological value; its religious value; the value of its life... There are many reasons why a material can be valuable, not only when it is expensive. "

I thought his work really relates to our blood diamonds project as well as my love for natural materials like bones.

This particular piece was the one that caught my eye. After someone shoots a buck they take it to get processed [skinned, legs and head sawed off, and meat butchered]. The image of a bucket full of deer legs has always been stuck in my head.

Bas Bouman. Necklace: mix-up 2007. Walnut, deer-paw, brass. From the collection 'Matter of Belief'