SU ROGERS - ARTWORK SITE
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Canada
Visual Artist - NSCAD Graduate
Historia Atlantica - Assemblages
Forty Roses
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 20” (h) x 13” (w) x 5” (d)
50.08 cm (h) x 33.02 cm (w) x 12.7 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged cabinets, whale is made of scrimshaw whale bone
Whale rubber stamps were replicated by the artist from 19thc whale logs, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse)
Interior: oakum, dried seaweed, text of early whale logs on transparent lazertran inkjet transfer paper
[NOTE: Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibers used to seal gaps. Its traditional application was in shipbuilding for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships.[1] Oakum was also used in plumbing for sealing joints in cast iron pipe, and in log cabins for chinking. In shipbuilding it was forced into the seams using a hammer and a caulking iron, then sealed into place with hot pitch.[2] ]
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PRICE: $2500
Hope in Hell
(Hope in Hell is the name of a Cape Islander vessel in Gunning Cove, NS)
One view
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 18” (h) x 16” (w) x 11” (d)
45.72 cm (h) x 40.64 cm (w) x 27.94 cm (d)
Item Description: “found” vintage rejigged box, lead line and rope, wood and metal screw straightener, lead line and rope with hook, stenciled and painted text, oil on canvas on back wall of Cape Island vessel by the artist, lazertran inkjet transfer paper, oil on canvas lover’s eye made by the artist (gifts to sailors from loved ones), flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse)
PRICE $2500
You Gotta Love It
(You Gotta Love it is name of a Cape Island vessel in Gunning Cove, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
mixed media
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 20 1/2” (h) x 12 1/2” (w) x 5” (d)
52.07 cm (h) x 31.75 cm (w) x 12.7 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged cabinet, wood deadeye, metal cut and painted miniature Cape Island vessel and sheds with copper roofs, refinished block and tackle on side of assemblage, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse)
Interior: coloured photos, cover image of boneless salt cod box, cod skin, cod lazertran inkjet transfer image, homemade knife (wood, metal), hook straightener made of wood and common screws, dory gunnel lamp (c. 1920s), deadeye (originally dead-man’s eye). A circular block usually of lignum vitae – a hard wood of the guaiacum tree, grown in the West Indies, though often of elm, grooved around the circumference and pierced with three holes…secures shroud to chain plate - rigging is secured to side of ship with short chains in the old days
PRICE: $3500
Dory Bailer for Sinners
One view
Owner: the artist
Type: assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 17” (h) x 9” (w) x 5” (d)
43.18 cm (h) x 22.86 cm (w) x 12.7 cm (d)
Item Description: “found” vintage wood dory bailer, lover’s eye - oil on canvas by artist (given to a sailor as a memento of loved one). Dory Bailer for Sinners is a tongue-in-cheek title for when you really need help at sea
PRICE $1000
Stop, Turn Around, Repent
(Wait ‘n’ See is the name of a Cape Islander vessel in Gunning Cove, NS)
One view
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 28” (h) x 18” (w) x 5” (d)
71.2 cm (h) x 45.72 cm (w) x 12.7 cm (d)
Item Description: this is a “found” plywood church scroll box rejigged, cut painted metal sheds on copper land being towed by sailing vessel (all made by the artist), copper metal tape, biblical image related to Christian belief, lazertran transfer images, vintage text ink stamped on vellum
PRICE $2500
Calan's Pride
(Calan’s Pride is named after a Cape Islander vessel from Gunning Cove, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 21” (h) x 11” (w) x 8” (d)
53.34 cm (h) x 27.94 cm (w) x 20.32 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged cabinet, lazertran image transfer of angel, “fisherman’s chorus” stamped into copper metal rectangle, black metal label holders with copper nails, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse)
Interior: metal cut and painted miniature sheds and icehouse with copper roofs made by the artist, lazertran angel with copper wire, copper tape, 19thc trawl hooks for lobster pots on rope, 2 handmade wood and metal lobster measures, lazertran image transfer of fresh lobster label from I.B. Hamblen & Co. Pictou, NS.
PRICE $2500
No Future
(No Future is named after a Cape Islander vessel from Gunning Cove, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 16” (h) x 8.5” (w) x 10” (d)
40.64 cm (h) x 21.59 cm (w) x 25.4 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged, homemade wood tackle box, copper tape, painted cut metal shed, church, vessel by the artist, text stenciled, black metal label holder, wood lock with waxed string, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse)
Interior: lazartran angel images from photographs of wooden sculptures from the National Gallery of Canada the Rideau Chapel reconstructed inside the gallery in 1972 before the building was destroyed, lead codfish jigger with two hooks, original lead fish-jigger mold used to pour hot metal in to create cod hooks, transparent lazertran images of an illustration of a cod skull, black and white photograph of fishermen (relatives) in Port Bickerton with black photo corners, no jigging for dinner refers to the 90’s when there was a strict cod moratorium
PRICE $2500
Tinker King
(Tinker King is named after a Cape Islander vessel from Gunning Cove, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 27” (h) x 22” (w) x 8” (d)
68.58 cm (h) x 55.28 cm (w) x 20.32 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged cabinet, copper tape, black label holder, stenciled painted text, copper metal nails, flashlight bulb, cut painted metal flags on wire made by the artist, wooden dory oarlocks, angels lazertran images from a vintage 19thc book titled “Pathways,” lazertran images of ‘drowned at sea’ cemetery stones as often seen in graveyards by the sea, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse), lasertran image transfer of antique post card from Shelburne, NS late 19thc – early 20thc
Interior: wood float with rope, glass float with rope, cut and painted metal sheds made by the artist, lead kidney weight, handmade carved wooden net repair tool with “f’ hole (metal spindle missing), wood fid for splicing rope
PRICE $3000
Musn't Touch It
(Mustn’t Touch It is named after a Cape Islander vessel in Gunning Cover, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: The Nova Scotia Art Bank
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 20.86” (h) x 14.17” (w) x 5.90” (d)
53 cm (h) x 36 cm (w) x 15 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage rejigged wood cabinet, copper nails, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse), painted stencil lettering, transparent lazertran image, black metal label holder, copper tape
Interior: 5 halibut hooks hung from copper wire, metal and copper sheds, copper tape framing black and white lazertran image of Port Bickerton (an ancestral home), fish clip, brass swordfish harpoon, Dauphnee block and tackle (A. Dauphinee & Sons Ltd., Lunenburg, Nova Scotia), wooden lid for salt cod, beginnings of a hornet’s nest in upper corner, lead halibut kidney weight, metal swordfish dart (‘lilly’), vintage wood cover for a salt fish box from Seal Island for boned salt cod fish, swordfish clip
Bridget D
(Bridget D is named after a Cape Islander vessel in Gunning Cove, NS)
Exterior View and Interior View
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 26 (h) x 16” (w) x 8” (d)
66.04 cm (h) x 40.64 cm (w) x 20.32 cm (d)
Item Description:
Exterior: “found” vintage cabinet, copper nails, copper tape, cut painted metal sheds and icehouse made by the artist, black label holder, flashlight bulb (simulating a lighthouse), lazertran transfer image of lobster
Interior: handmade squid-jig holder with squid jig with plastic line including carved initials “E.W.” to identify the owner on board from other squid jigs – and string winder with squid and plastic fastener, Emerald Isle (near Shag Harbour) wooden box top for salted cod, handmade wood handline with rope line, series of 4 squid jigs, wood handline with plastic line, leather needle pusher
PRICE $2500
Memento Mori for Big Jim
“a wave washed him overboard, I tried to hold onto him - I couldn’t”
Big Jim Buchanan – was a gentle giant: 44 years old, brother husband, father, grandfather, avid woodsman, fisherman, sorely missed, January 7, 2017 onboard “Secret Sea”. Picked up out of the cold, cold 6C degree water. He had a heart of gold, loved kids and did card tricks with them
Memento Mori for Big Jim from Shelburne, NS. There was no safety equipment provided for crew on the lobster boat. They turned the boat around and scooped him out of the ocean, but he was already gone.
Owner: the artist
Type: mixed media reliquary assemblage
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 23 1/2” (h) x 13 1/2” (w) x 3.5” (d)
59.69 cm (h) x 34.29 cm (w) x 8.89 (d)
Item Description:
“found” vintage rejigged individual altar box, lazertran transfer image of wooden sculpture “Lady of Good Voyage” on permanent display at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Museum, Massachusetts depicting the Virgin Mary cradling a schooner (sculptor: Angelo Lualdi 1915), hand hewn wood lobster pegs found in Sandy Point (replaced now by rubber bands), seal jaw found on The Hawk Beach on Cape Sable Island, stick on stars
PRICE $7000