1971 Requiem for a Dead Falcon-01
Wood & plexiglass construction, plaster ‘mummy case’, preserved Falcon, falcon mummy.

When my pet Falcon died, I was heartbroken and decided to make this piece as his rite of passage. I used my recently acquired skills in taxidemy to mummify and preserve him and his internal organs, which I placed in a modern version of canopic jars

1971 Requiem for a Dead Falcon-02
Wood & plexiglass construction, preserved birds, insects, internal organs of falcon, cast dolls, feathers , photographs etc.

1971 Requiem for a Dead Falcon-03
Wood & plexiglass construction, life cast of hand, leather hood and jessies, hawk bells, falcon feathers.