Bird Lady

'Bird Lady,' 2022, mixed-media

 

Not sure how happy I am about this finished piece. Its something I have wanted to make for a while and typical of those sort of pieces it never works out the way you picture it in your head.

I have been collecting my conures tail feathers for ages and still I didn't have quit enough to cover the cone, opting to finish it with some of the budgie and bourke feathers as well.

I wanted the feathers to stick downwards rather than outwards , like hair. Of course the feathers have also faded with time, loosing their luster. When I fired the cone the original face blew off so I had to use a previously fired face to replace it. This sort of worked out for the better as I then used molted chicken feathers for the crown around the face, the break made the attachment of the feathers easier.

I think it is a piece I will go back and fiddle with, adjust it as Bertie my conure looses her tail feathers in time. See if I can make it look less mangy.

The piece is made up of pit-fired ceramic, sinew, and feathers. 

 

With the Birds

'With the Birds,' 2022 mixed-media drawing 

I started this drawing while during my first round of chemo. Sitting here now I am not sure how I could complete anything, let alone a small drawing. I did my best to finish it yesterday despite feeling rough from treatment.  I am determined to keep going with my work. Taking the good with the bad.

Hopefully I can kep this up.

White Homers

'White Homers,' 2022

 A drawing I did during my first round of chemotherapy this week. Pencil and gouache on A5 card. Homers are a type of pigeon that are know for their amazing abilities to find their way back to their lofts from great and extraordinary distances.

Only Sleeping, mixed-media Drawing

'Only Sleeping, ' 2022 pencil drawing, with mono print and pressed flower on pastel paper

Wren Song

'Wren Song,' mixed media drawing, 2022.

Pencil, with gouache, monoprint and pressed flower. I ran out of room so had to add paper. Why not?