The Mourning Fawn carries all the sorrow you are unable to bear. In 2024, researchers Yuta Kanaya and Nobuyuki Kawai of Nagoya University published a study inScientific Reports titled “Anger is eliminated with the disposal of a paper written because of provocation.” Their findings were simple and striking: when participants wrote down their angry thoughts about a provoking event and then physically discarded the paper, by crumpling or shredding it, their anger significantly decreased. When they kept the paper, it did not. The act of transferring emotion onto paper and then disposing of it gave the brain a clear signal: this has been processed. It can go.
The Mourning Fawn Guardian Monster extends that ritual. Write your worry, grief, resentment, or fear on a small scrap of paper. Fold it tight. Place it inside his mouth. He becomes the vessel of disposal.His hollow body becomes the site of transformation.What you cannot metabolize alone, he symbolically digests. You are not denying the feeling.You are externalizing it.You are choosing where it lives. Where tenderness grows teeth, even your anger becomes food.
Earthenware, glazes, ready to hang on your wall
Size: 8.25" x 5" x 5"
Original design created in 2022
The Mourning Fawn
Each Guardian Monster is a one-of-a-kind, handmade object. Please understand there will be variations in form, color, and pattern.
You may order the original Guardian Monster as it is shown in the first thumbnail
You may choose another color variation from the available options for an approximate 30% upcharge (the samples shown are AI mockups intended to give Whistlepig Tales' clients a headstart on imagining what another color story might look like)
We can work together to get even more collaborative about the surface of the Guardian for 100% upcharge (just use the line drawing to show me how you want the color parsed out over the form and I will get back to you)
Any extra lustre surfacing will be an additional expense
Once you place your order Whistlepig Tales Studio will be in touch to talk about your choice. Please allow 4-6 weeks on all custom orders.
NOTE: There will only ever be 5 builds in each color variation for each Guardian Monster. Every single one will be made by hand and unique. After 5 builds in any given form/color combination the design will be discontinued.
If a Guardian is a one-of-a-kind that will not be reproduced, it will be clearly stated in the description
