We have finished another papier mache project .
I think I was living in Flagstaff, Arizona in the '70s when I first read about the "Ouroboros " symbol--that "cosmic snake" or dragon shown in the act of eating it's own tail.
Ouroboros is a very old symbolic representation of "eternity" or perhaps "endless return and repetition", cyclic renewal--or perhaps the ancient idea of samsara.
The snake on the rim this bowl is about to swallow it's own tail
On one side of this large, tipped bowl there is a snaillike figure--a spiraling symnol which may also represent "endless growth and development"--the idea of evolution.
The whole thing is made of recycled materials--newspaper and colored magazine pictures.
Side View Showing Spiral.
Top View.
The bowl is pretty large--about 15 inches in circumference by 12 inches in height and it weighs a couple of pounds--a sturdy construction.
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