Pheasbin is Valentine’s largest work to date. This beautiful mongrel came about after Valentine spied the receptacles for collecting ‘doggie waste’ dotted around the city. After contacting the Wanganui District Council to see if they had any they no longer required, she returned to the cottage one day to find a shiny black plastic dog in the back garden, and this was cooked up in Valentine’s studio as the genetically modified Pheasbin. "Feathers are my paint. Over the last twelve years I have developed my own technique and style using feathers" Emily Valentine Bullock.
Greg Donson exhibition label for " Fancy Feather" 27 November - 20 March, 2011.