Emma Carlow: Wolf Ceramic Whistle

This ceramic Wolf Whistle has been exclusively created by renowned artist Emma Carlow for YSP Shops, to coincide with the exhibition One to Give. One to Take Away, by Jordy Kerwick.

This series of whistles is inspired by The Bestiaire d’amour by Richard de Fournival. Richard de Fournival was a thirteenth century French writer, best known for his Bestiaire d'amour - Richard's Bestiaire is not a traditional bestiary. Instead of using animal characteristics to illustrate a moral or allegorical teaching, Richard used bestiary themes and animals to plead his case to an unnamed lady who he claims to love, but who does not love him in return.

Wolf:
The wolf loses its strength when it is seen first by man but renders man speechless when it sees the man first. If a man sees first that a woman loves him she will lose the strength to resist him; if the woman sees first that the man loves her she will escape him. The wolf's neck is so stiff that it cannot look back without turning its whole body. A woman can only give herself totally. A wolf never captures prey near its den, but only at a distance. When a man is far away a woman will love him passionately, but when he is near she will show no sign of love. If a wolf is sneaking up on sheep and it steps on a twig and makes a noise, it will punish its foot by biting it. If a woman too quick to declare her her love, she will use words to disguise and undo her indiscretion. 

- Materials: ceramic
- Size of approx. H90 x L120 x D35mm