A close-up of this sculpture shows the upper left quarter of the art piece. The madrone wood of the ladder body is gold leaf on the outside and heartwood inside. A gold-leafed snake carved into the ladder cross back and forth to form the rungs that rising up to the head. Here a snake head appears as an eye, like the calmly lidded Sipa Barda's. Vibrant snake tongue extends across out of frame. The wooden ladder culminates in a feline shaped ear. The ear point holds up a partially visible convex cosmic egg in shimmering silver leaf, and blues. at the lower right side, partially visible at the center of the ladder body is a delicate brass spiral. To the left is a pronghorn antler reaching upward as its right arm. In its palm is held a moonstone cabochon.
The ladder-like form of this being has an undulating essence that holds up the heavens. The madrone wood appears split down its length to reveal the heartwood, where two gold-leafed snakes carved into the ladder cross back and forth to form the rungs that rising from knee length to the area of the head. There, snake heads meet as eyes that appear like the calmly lidded Sipa Barda's. Vibrant snake tongues bridge across to connect the eyes together. The outer wood of ladder is gold leaf, culminating in feline shaped ears. These ear points hold up a convex cosmic egg containing a painted spiral galaxy in shimmering silver leaf, pale golds, and blues. In the center of the ladder body is a delicate brass spiral, positioned in an active spiral direction. To the left and right are pronghorn antlers reaching outward as arms. In its right arm, rising upward, is held a moonstone cabochon, and in its left arm reaching outward to the side, is held an onyx cabochon.

Ascender

36-1/2″ x 20″ x 5-1/2 “

Madrone, gold leaf, acrylics, antlers, onyx, moonstone, brass clock spring.

—Ascender is available through the artist—

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