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Vancouver: Olympic Medals Count:The blueprints for these medals are based on two large master artworks (Olympic and Paralympic) from which each of the medals was hand-cropped.
No crop is the same as another so that ensures every medal is unique. The master artworks were created by Corrine Hunt, a Vancouver, BC-based artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage.
Hunt chose the orca as the motif for the Olympic medals, and the raven as the motif for the Paralympic medals.
Olympic medals reverse side: The orca, designed across four panels in the style of a traditional West Coast First Nations bentwood box, is often associated with the attributes of strength, dignity and teamwork.
The sleek and powerful black and white whales are common to travel in pods through the waters off Canada’s West Coast, but are also found in all the world’s oceans.
“The orca is a beautiful creature that is strong but also lives within a community,” said Hunt. “I felt the Olympic (Games) are a community, too.”
“The athletes may be training but they’re always somehow connected to their community, to their teammates, or to their country. The orca is a creature that has wonderful capabilities but can’t really survive without its pod.” Continue…..
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