ART GALLERY
Dreamcatchers
The Dreamcatcher created by the Ojibwe is said to catch the bad dreams in its web. The good dream slip through center of the Dreamcatcher allowing them to drift down to the sleeping persons head. The bad dreams are caught in the web and parish in the dawn of a new day.
Wood Burnings
Wood Burnings are made of driftwood from the shores of Lake Superior and are Anishinaabe/Ojibwe/Chippewa woodland inspired designs. From floral patterns to star designs, spirits, and wildlife that inhabits Mother Earth. Each piece is unique. Sizes and materials vary depending upon the seasons. Through the summer Laughing Fox gathers his materials from Gichigami (Lake Superior) Northern Wisconsin
Fully Beaded Dreamcatchers
Fully Beaded Dreamcatchers take time and thought. The more beads you add the longer the pieces can take. This piece is inspired by a kaleidoscope and different colored Ojibwe floral designs, you can twist it and turn it seeing your dreams through the lens of 4 different fully beaded dreamcatchers.
Laughing Fox uses different techniques to create fully beaded necklaces and medallions.
Art Works of Laughing Fox
At a young age Michael began learning about the traditional ways of the Anishinaabe. The School Michael attended was mostly Native American and offered classes in Ojibwe art, storytelling, and history.
“Our teacher would go out into the woods making an offering of tobacco (a way to give thanks) before gathering the Red willow needed for the dreamcatcher hoops and making traditional tobacco. Teaching us that all things have a spirit.
In the Winter we would spend time learning the finer points of bead work, loom work, necklaces, and earrings usually accompanied by storytelling.”
Michael would use these teaching to guild him on his journey as a artist, writer, storyteller, and flute player. Currently Michael participates in art shows throughout Wisconsin and just finished an artist in residency in South Dakota at the Crazy Horse Memorial where his focus was Red Willow Dreamcatchers.
