Title

Cawcuss of Crows

Artist

Bilawich, Sandra

Date

2012

Medium

steel

Type

sculpture

Dimensions

3.66m height x 1.22m width

Owner

Affinity Towers Strata

Accession Number

NA

Location

Affinity Towers

Category

Private Development Public Art

Collection

Public Art

Lat/Long

49.264162,-122.989242

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A collaboration between Sandra Bilawich and George Pratt, Cawcuss of Crows is a public artwork commissioned by Bosa Development Corporation for Affinity Towers. It celebrates the enduring phenomenon of the evening return of the crows to north Burnaby, where their roosting place is located.

Sandra Bilawich is a Vancouver-based sculptor known for her unique approach to the medium. She was born in Saskatchewan in 1963 and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, from 1970 onwards. Sandra cites her high school art teacher—renowned artist Ted Harrison—as well as her grandmother—accomplished folk artist Ann Harbuz—as her original inspiration. Introduced to stone carving in 1991, Sandra opened an independent art studio, Elemental Designs, in 1994. To date, she has carved a number of stone, steel, and wooden sculptures which can be found in public and private collections across Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States.