Hand made brass pin.
Approx. 3.5cm x 5cm
Pin length Approx. 8.8cm
The Iban people tell of Ara and Irik, two bird spirits floating above an expanse of water at the beginning of time. Seizing two eggs from the water, Ara made the sky from one egg, whille Irik made the earth from the other. As Irik squeezed the earth into its proper size, mountains & rivers appeared on its surface. Then the two creator spirits shaped bits of earth into the first people & woke them to life with bird cries.
Interested in the mythology of birds and creation, I want to make a pin that would encapsulate the story. Taking details from the story and combining them together will visually communicate the idea of creation and birth.
