I made this piece out of a Starbucks bottle, paper pulp, jute, and acrylic. I was inspired by the shape of the bottle and its figurative characteristic. I created an Eskimo because I was inspired by their ability to use modern objects for other purposes than what most people use them for. The US gives Eskimo villages household appliances such as dishwashers to help them "modernize". Most Eskimos reject these objects and use them as dog kennels and things that they deem more necessary.
Is there any evidence of the starbucks association? I think this would help. For one, to make the found object aspect more apparent- otherwise what difference does it make if there's a bottle underneath or not. Aside from that, it could really help with the communication of your idea about Eskimos and their tendency to recycle "our" objects, to make them into what they deem more important. This is a very nice looking little figure, but the found object is lost completely.
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