Cochiti's Keeper - Hummingbird on watch over Cochiti Pueblo, NM by Ben Vickers 26"x12" Robert Medina Cook began welding at age eight

began welding at age eight under the guidance of his father and mother

Photography by Ben Vickers

driving by the curiosity of the outcome

At the time Da was looking for work for her fellow villagers that was unrelated to weather as the unpredictability of Mother Nature could damage a whole year's work in the surrounding rice fields in Da's home region

4 7/8" diameter

Cochiti's Keeper - Hummingbird on watch over Cochiti Pueblo, NM by Ben Vickers 26"x12" Robert Medina Cook began welding at age eightCochiti's Keeper Hummingbird on watch over Cochiti Pueblo, NM Photography by Ben Vickers High Quality Dye Sublimated Aluminum Print, on a Floating Wooden Base Wall Mount 26"x12"