In 2016 inspired by Finnish shamanism and the work of Jennifer Ewing, I did a Spirit Boat Project. You can read about it on this blog post.
I later used the spirit boats in an art ritual on Remembrance Day for Lost Species and wrote a piece for their blog here.
Here are my spirit boats:
![Five Spirit Boats](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/five-boats-lights1000-600x451.jpg)
![Bird Boat](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/bird-boat800-600x450.jpg)
![Mammal Boat](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/mammal-boat800-600x417.jpg)
![Forest Boat](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/forest-boat800-600x459.jpg)
![Mammal boat detail](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/mammal-boat-detail-600x450.jpg)
![spirit boats](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Spirit-Boats-river584.jpg)
![Spirit Boats](https://www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Spirit-Boats-584.jpg)
And a little video I made when I set them adrift on the River Ouse:
Spirit Boats from Alexi Francis on Vimeo.