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Laza and Dalal Shi’Rayân, Bi-Na Mahanajim, Ghina and Dounia Shi’Rayân
by Gisela Cook-Schmidt, enamel with cloisonné, 1994. 10” x 10” (25.5 cm x 25.5 cm).
One of the Azawakh pieces she created She drew inspiration and energy from the
later became a mounted centerpiece for desert also, and she did many pieces
what is now the Gisela Cook-Schmidt themed with desert landscapes.
Memorial Trophy which is presented each
year to the Azawakh Best of Breed winner Although I met her when she was living in
at the parent club’s National Specialty. suburban California, during the many
Gisela was a co-founder of that club (AAA) years I knew her she lived in various rural
and the breeder of the first Azawakh litter locations in New Mexico (Madrid, NM) and
in the Western Hemisphere (Reckendahl Arizona most of that time, in addition to
"I" litter). She was also one of the living for seven years in my own desert
co-founders of SFAA. After her passing, cabin in Wonder Valley, in the sparsely
I had the pleasure of awarding that trophy populated landscape of the old
myself to the BOB winner, Iri ak Domiko, Homestead Land of the California Mojave
when I judged the AAA Specialty in Virginia past 29 Palms (past the Hwy. 62 sign
in 2010. which reads “No Services Next 100
Miles”).
Some of her pieces Gisela might work on
for years, such as a religious series she
labored over, depicting the Stations of the
Cross in cloisonné.
