Moss Cradle
Featured in the 2024 Trail of Tears Art Show
“Moss Cradle” Atsei Cooper, 2/23/2024
Mosses are ancient, soft, versatile, and beautiful. Indigenous peoples have long used mosses for various reasons such as lining cradle boards, absorbing blood during moon time, insulating clothes, houses, and more. Animals and other plants also use moss to cradle their young. It is not uncommon to see mosses lining the nests of birds and holding eggs. Nor is it uncommon to see tiny green sprouts emerging from carpets of moss. "Moss Cradle" is dedicated to new life and how the mosses may gently hold it. It is dedicated to the emerging generation of Kituwah children and teaching them our long-held values of gadugi, tohi, and duyukdv. The Kituwah baby is surrounded by rattlesnake orchid, a plant I have grown to love during my time as botany intern with my tribe.
This is a limited edition print with only 50 being sold.
Fine art giclée print
Glossy finish
Velvet paper, has a watercolor paper texture
8” x 8”
Each copy is numbered #/50 and signed by Atsei Cooper
Tax included in price
You can find these in store at the Dogwood Shop located in Cherokee, NC.
Featured in the 2024 Trail of Tears Art Show
“Moss Cradle” Atsei Cooper, 2/23/2024
Mosses are ancient, soft, versatile, and beautiful. Indigenous peoples have long used mosses for various reasons such as lining cradle boards, absorbing blood during moon time, insulating clothes, houses, and more. Animals and other plants also use moss to cradle their young. It is not uncommon to see mosses lining the nests of birds and holding eggs. Nor is it uncommon to see tiny green sprouts emerging from carpets of moss. "Moss Cradle" is dedicated to new life and how the mosses may gently hold it. It is dedicated to the emerging generation of Kituwah children and teaching them our long-held values of gadugi, tohi, and duyukdv. The Kituwah baby is surrounded by rattlesnake orchid, a plant I have grown to love during my time as botany intern with my tribe.
This is a limited edition print with only 50 being sold.
Fine art giclée print
Glossy finish
Velvet paper, has a watercolor paper texture
8” x 8”
Each copy is numbered #/50 and signed by Atsei Cooper
Tax included in price
You can find these in store at the Dogwood Shop located in Cherokee, NC.
Featured in the 2024 Trail of Tears Art Show
“Moss Cradle” Atsei Cooper, 2/23/2024
Mosses are ancient, soft, versatile, and beautiful. Indigenous peoples have long used mosses for various reasons such as lining cradle boards, absorbing blood during moon time, insulating clothes, houses, and more. Animals and other plants also use moss to cradle their young. It is not uncommon to see mosses lining the nests of birds and holding eggs. Nor is it uncommon to see tiny green sprouts emerging from carpets of moss. "Moss Cradle" is dedicated to new life and how the mosses may gently hold it. It is dedicated to the emerging generation of Kituwah children and teaching them our long-held values of gadugi, tohi, and duyukdv. The Kituwah baby is surrounded by rattlesnake orchid, a plant I have grown to love during my time as botany intern with my tribe.
This is a limited edition print with only 50 being sold.
Fine art giclée print
Glossy finish
Velvet paper, has a watercolor paper texture
8” x 8”
Each copy is numbered #/50 and signed by Atsei Cooper
Tax included in price
You can find these in store at the Dogwood Shop located in Cherokee, NC.