Fall 2015 i found pileated woodpecker feathers stuck to the bark of a tree in Tennessee – and learned the Yuchi tribe which once inhabited the area particularly revered pileated woodpeckers. they also worshipped the sun. they fashioned of stone gorgets- and one of the motifs was 4 pileated woodpeckers revolving around a sun. anyway, i decided to make a colorful version. and since then i often return to the gorget motif, inspired by the pattern and tribe.
Yuchi WindBree 10.30.15 Drawn on Paint, enhanced with Fotor. Based on a Gorget from 1000 AD. The pileated woodpecker was a popular motif for the Yuchi tribe.Turkey Gorget Bree 11.13.16 Collage made from a single photograph of one of the Muskatatuck lakes (IN) using Paint, enhanced with Fotor.Kestrel GorgetBree 3.26.16 Drawn after certain late prehistoric gorget motifs used by the Yuchi tribe on Paint, enhanced with Fotor.Raven GorgetBree 3.29.16 Drawn after certain late prehistoric gorget motifs used by the Yuchi tribe on Paint, enhanced with FotorOpossum GorgetBree 11.9.16 Collage made from a single photograph of a Muskatatuck lake made on Paint. Based on gorgets made by the Yuchi tribe which had an opossum clan.Wood Duck GorgetBree 11.12.15 Drawn on Paint after Yuchi motif.
