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hogret — Two by Two in Pairs
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Published: 2010-12-19 14:12:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2393; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 39
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Collage: Paper, acrylic glazes, beeswax, marker pen, gold foiling pen, rubber grid stamp, stitching, red embroidery thread, Japanese masking tape, eyelets.One-and-a-half spread in an altered book (Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography), work in progress.
1920's illustration by Marguerite Davis. Animal illustrations from a 1910 French children's activity sheet. Pear bookmark on bristol board is threaded through the eyelet to the next page.
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Thank you so much! Loved your journal - I am also fascinated by how dark old nursery rhymes are (and I also tackled the old woman in the shoe - [link]
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I love what you've done with the rhyme by approaching it as a collage- it's made me rethink my method of attack on my piece. Thanks for the inspiration!
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And the unintended pun of pairs and pears - only realised it as I tried to come up with a title. Ah, the unconscious ...
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The inner workings are indeed marvelous. No keeping 'em down on the farm. 
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Lovely piece ^_^ I have no skill with collages, so props
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