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"The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting
products of human endeavor."
— J. Paul Getty
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HI. We've
all been working our fingers to the bone (believe it!) at our small studio here in the woods, creating hand-carved, limited edition Ojibway inspired sculptural
pieces aptly called MANITOUS. Over the years we have sold our work through many fine
galleries across the country, including Disney World and many
National Parks. Hand carved and assembled from local basswood,
and individually hand painted, each piece is one of an
edition of 100, and is numbered, dated, and signed by the artists...that
would be me and my wonderful son, Tanner. The Manitous are approximately 21 inches
tall. Because
each piece is individually hand made, no two
pieces will be exactly alike. Each has it's own individual characteristics and
personality. From an Animistic view, one could say the Manitou sculpture itself
is alive with awareness and it's own breed of intelligence!
MANITOU
it is the Ojibway (or Chippewa) word for Spirit or Mystery. As the Great Spirit
manifests itself in myriad forms, each unique manifestation, including plant,
animal and mineral, is endowed with and inseparable from this Spirit.
Also, MANITOU can be interpreted as meaning "MAGIC" or "Medicine", in the sense that some people, places,
objects, etc. seem to
possess a greater concentration of this spirit (or creative energy) than others,
such as a sacred ritual object or a favorite seashell. It is akin to the
reservoir of concentrated essence or power that is referred to as 'Mana' in some
pagan European cultures, and is believed to pervade the whole world. A Manitou may also be an
actual spirit entity (inorganic being?) whom on occasion will take on a physical
(human or animal) form in order to
teach us foolish people a lesson. Thus, "Little Spirits" and the inspiration for our
pieces.
The term MANITOU is also synonymous with the word FAERIE. Of a different
continent, culture and language, both refer to the hidden world behind
this one, the denizens of that world, and the magic and mischief they wrought in
our world. If an object could be said to express the 'genus loci' or intelligence and
memories of a place, the Manitous are very definitely 'Minnesota'. I guess I'd
imagined I was channeling and condensing the energy of my immediate and present
environment, and the Manitous sprang up organically like mushrooms after a rain. If you would like to know more about us, go to our
About Us
page! For more on Totems and the nature of animals, go to the
Lore page.
Manitou-Wikipedia
Gitche Manitou -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term
manitou refers to the concept of one aspect of the
interconnection and balance of nature/life, similar to the East
Asian concept of
qi;
in simpler terms it can refer to a
spirit. This spirit is seen as a person as well as a
concept. Everything has its own manitou— every plant, every
stone and, since their invention, even machines. These manitous
do not exist in a hierarchy like European gods/goddesses, but
are more akin to one part of the body interacting with another
and the spirit of everything; the collective is named Gitche
Manitou. Gitche Manitou is also known as the Great
Mystery.
Contact Information
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and gallery information. Your interest is important to us. Also, if you
are in the Finlayson area, (about 90 minutes north of the TWIN CITIES, an hour
south of Duluth), call for an appointment to stop by and visit our studio!
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We would really like to hear from you!
Kevin Gadomski
75671 Twin Oaks Road Finlayson, MN 55735
Email:
keving@northlc.com
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