b'Thesculpturewasadeliberatepassingonoftheir shared Indigenous cultural knowledge. In Love Bears (2019), Drever has again returned to the double subject of bear and family. The prototypes for the sculptures were first carved in 2010 and then placed in a drawer. From the beginning he conceived of them as self-portraits. Chelsea and I had our faces photo-graphedinthisphotogrammetricscannerthattakes yourfaceandturnsitintoa3Dimage.Itgivesyou thousandsoffacialanglesthroughwhichyoucan create the underlying structure for the heads and faces. So you end up with an extremely accurate digital reproduction of yourself. I took that and forced it into the bear mold. They will be cast in three sizes; the smallest will be 6.3 inches and cast in sterling silver; the second size will be 27.9 inches and the largest version will be 87 inches. The two larger editions will be cast in copper, a traditional Haida material.The relationship between the two facing bears came out of an exercise recom-mended by a couples counselor that Drever and his partner began seeing when they learned they were going to be parents. Based on an ancient Egyptian tech-nique it involved looking deeply into one anothers eyes. We were to gaze into one anothers soul as a way of remembering why we fell in love. Drevers account of the efficacy of the process is compelling. I cant remember how long we did it because time seemed totally inconsequential. I remember we were both crying but still we didnt look away and when we stopped crying we were kissing and hugging and our love was restored and strengthened. The sculptures occupy a zone between the human and the animal. Theyre bears up on their hind legs doing human things. As far as I know bears dont actually fall in love. They mate and thats about it. To emphasize the humanness of the bears, 19'