“Tadǫetła ; Walk In A Circle” a digital series by Casey Koyczan

This body of work was created by re-imagining materials from Indigenous culture and Canada’s Arctic as an embodiment of human and creature characteristics within a 3D environment that brings out their spirit.

Drawing inspiration from such mediums and materials as moose/caribou hair tufting, beadwork, hide-tanning and quillwork, these works showcase surreal transformations of how they are interpreted and appreciated. As an artist who has loved these materials since childhood but has not avidly used them in a physical sense, my approach has allowed me to work with them in a completely different way with digital influence and being able to implement physics properties.

In creating these walk cycles, even though the materials I am working with are digital, I am treating them with the same amount of respect as if they were physical in the real world.

In order of appearance:
ANTLER
QUILLS
ANCESTORS
DENTALIUM
BEADWORK v2
TUFTING
SPRUCE GUM

Thank You / Mahsi Cho,
Casey Koyczan