COMMERCIAL FISHING GEAR – GIN STONE

GODDESSES SERIES
commercial fishing gear
hand-dyed, retired, commercial longline

Artemis
50 x 38 x 20 in. (2018)
hand-dyed longline, found wood, enamel, foam, plastic, adhesives
Imagined embodiment of the Greek goddess Artemis. Presented in a ‘broken antiquity’ format, but with skin, muscle and bone shown at the bisection points.
In a private collection

Artemis
50 x 38 x 20 in. (2018)
hand-dyed longline, found wood, enamel, foam, plastic, adhesives
Imagined embodiment of the Greek goddess Artemis. Presented in a ‘broken antiquity’ format, but with skin, muscle and bone shown at the bisection points.
In a private collection

Huli Jing, stargazing mid-transformation
53 x 22 x 16 in. (2019)
hand-dyed longline fishing gear, found wood, plastic, foam, adhesive
A representation of the Huli Jing, an Asian mythical creature, that is a woman by day and fox by night.
In a private collection

Huli Jing, stargazing mid-transformation
53 x 22 x 16 in. (2019)
hand-dyed longline fishing gear, found wood, plastic, foam, adhesive
A representation of the Huli Jing, an Asian mythical creature, that is a woman by day and fox by night.
In a private collection

Freyja
24 x 24 x 24 in. (2018)
hand-dyed longline fishing gear, found wood, plastic, foam, adhesive
Freyja was said to wear a cloak made of falcon feathers that enables the wearer to transform into a falcon and fly between worlds.
Unavailable

Freyja
24 x 24 x 24 in. (2018)
hand-dyed longline fishing gear, found wood, plastic, foam, adhesive
Freyja was said to wear a cloak made of falcon feathers that enables the wearer to transform into a falcon and fly between worlds.
Unavailable

Bast 60 x 32 x 20 in (2019)
hand-dyed longline, found wood, enamel, foam, plastic, plaster of paris, adhesives, spent bullet casings
An imagined version of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bast, a cat headed female deity.
In private collection

Reviewed by the Portland Herald Press
Portland Herald Press writer Daniel Kany reviewed:
“Most of the artists are familiar names (and let’s be clear: there are a lot of excellent contemporary artists now without a local gallery, so I am very glad to see them at Greenhut), but a few are new to me, including New York sculptor Gin Stone whose two works are the most exciting in the show. “Bast” is a tall figure, armless like the remnants of a classical sculpture but with the face of a great cat. “Atlantic Canyons Coyote” is a howling coyote standing on a Westminster Dog Show kennel box. Both works are made of retired commercial fishing gear. They are stunning in every sense: sculptural form, detail, color, material. Stone’s two pieces alone are worth the trip.”

Portland art dealer Tom Veilleux said Bast was the best piece of contemporary art he’s seen in Maine in many many years when it showed at Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME.

Bast 60 x 32 x 20 in (2019)
hand-dyed longline, found wood, enamel, foam, plastic, plaster of paris, adhesives, spent bullet casings
An imagined version of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bast, a cat headed female deity.
In private collection

Reviewed by the Portland Herald Press
Portland Herald Press writer Daniel Kany reviewed:
“Most of the artists are familiar names (and let’s be clear: there are a lot of excellent contemporary artists now without a local gallery, so I am very glad to see them at Greenhut), but a few are new to me, including New York sculptor Gin Stone whose two works are the most exciting in the show. “Bast” is a tall figure, armless like the remnants of a classical sculpture but with the face of a great cat. “Atlantic Canyons Coyote” is a howling coyote standing on a Westminster Dog Show kennel box. Both works are made of retired commercial fishing gear. They are stunning in every sense: sculptural form, detail, color, material. Stone’s two pieces alone are worth the trip.”

Portland art dealer Tom Veilleux said Bast was the best piece of contemporary art he’s seen in Maine in many many years when it showed at Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME.

Pegasus with corn husk mane and wings of reclaimed copper.

Pegasus with corn husk mane and wings of reclaimed copper.

this material is no longer being used by local fishermen, and is not available to the artist at this time