Title: Would You Drink This?

Artist: Rain Scott

Tribal Affiliation: Pueblo of Acoma

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Paper, pine pitch, carved gourd, acrylic paint

Dimensions (HxWxD): 18" x 14"

Description/Inspiration:

This sculpture, titled, "Would You Drink This?" is dedicated to our water protectors and land defenders across Turtle Island and Hawai'i nei. A huge thank you to Giiwedin from the Ojibwe Leech Lake Nation and all the water protectors who fought the Line 3 Pipeline for inspiring me to create this vessel. To show my appreciation of all water protectors, I will be donating all of the profits to the legal defense funds for water protectors across Turtle island and Hawaii and organizations working to spread awareness and transparency of the companies that fund oil drilling projects Continue to educate yourself and spread awareness of Native issues and donate wherever you can to the water protector's legal defense and organizations spreading awareness and fighting future projects that harm Mother Earth.

We are all one.

"When the last tree has been cut down,

the last fish caught,

the last river poisoned,

only then will we realize

one cannot eat money."

-Cree Native proverb

Artist Bio/Statement:

Rain Scott (B. 1998) is half Navajo and half Acoma. Growing up, he would watch his father, Navajo silversmith Raynard Scott, make countless jewelry pieces out of silver, turquoise, and other precious gemstones. His upbringing sparked a passion for art, taking a particular interest in painting and still life drawing. In 2011, he developed a new interest in Japanese origami art and traditional Acoma Pueblo ceramics. For the next couple years, he tried and failed to find a teacher to teach him the traditional art form of Acoma pottery. Instead of giving up on his aspirations, he called upon his talent for origami art and knowledge of traditional Acoma pottery designs and created a completely new style of Native American art. From 2013 to 2018, Rain experimented with his newfound artform. He began sculpting simple peacock and swan forms, ultimately winning a youth award in the 2014 Heard Museum student art show. In 2018, he sculpted his first contemporary origami vessel in the shape of a white corrugated Acoma pot with a rounded shoulder and a short neck and finished with a simple black rim. Thus, his artform was born. Since 2018, Rain Scott has combined the traditional Acoma Pueblo pottery designs with individually cut and folded origami modules into an artform that he calls, "contemporary Indigenous origami." The thick, sturdy walls and corrugated texture of his origami pottery makes every piece pleasing to the eye and gratifying to touch. With every art piece he makes, he pushes the boundaries further, incorporating new designs, shapes, colors, and components including parrot feathers, turquoise, and natural sinew. Rain Scott's creations have been awarded many awards at juried art shows in the Southwest including the 2020 Alan Houser Innovation Award, and most recently, took Best in Class for Open Standards at the 2022 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market.

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