OK, now that it's been a few days since I parted with Aya's book, maybe I can look at these scans more objectively. First, a collaboration left by Claudia (I think). She pasted the arm in, I added the seed packet. The fact that it's an envelope doesn't really show well in the scan and I think I should have made some seeds tumbling out:

Leads to the page where the seeds germinate and sprout. I think I'm pretty happy with this page made from cut paper, wire, envelopes, and little pencil-drawn birds.


Oof. Then there's this owl. :( I really wanted to keep working with the black & white paper and I cut out this owl and also a second page that would have been a large deer with stuff going on between them, but when I assembled the owl I really didn't like it. At that point though, I was already against the deadline to ship the book. So I kept the owl and scrapped the deer. (the owl was better)


...I made a new deer page, and changed the banner on the owl to comment on my own struggles with ideas vs. reality.


And then bunny. He's half masked spirit, half briar rabbit. I think it needs some more work but I didn't want to ship the book any later. I'll send Aya a nicer version separately to make up for me testing out new things in her book. (#^_^#)


In my hurry, I didn't photograph the beginning of the collaboration for Andrea to complete, but I'm sure she'll show it when it's done.
11 comments:
I love them all! especially the rabbit. wonderful work, I'm super impressed!
Thank you, I'm relieved to hear you say that. :)
I like these a LOT!!!!!! Very nice, graphic and striking.
I love that rabbit!
I got this last night when I got home. Lovely work, B!
The owl is my fave.
I agree--these are all great. Love the B/W theme. Wish I could see them close up. And I don't think any is a "hit and miss." All hits!
I will show it.
Although, I am not sure where to take it yet.
What type of adhesive did you use on these? They are really stuck, I like that.
Thanks again, guys!
@Andrea, I used Zots adhesive dots on the horses. I used them throughout the black & white work, but I also used regular ol' Scotch double-sided tape too. The Zots stick better, but they also have more thickness to them.
These are all fantastic! I really love the rabbit too!
I am a sucker for black and white and I love red...well done Ballookey, well done!
I am a sucker for black and white and I love red...well done Ballookey, well done!
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