Jour de pluie, je m’ennuie,
mais mon parapluie, lui,
me donne envie
de sortir de ma coquille.
The ephemera: Original Documents: old dictionary page, old red calligraphy, city plan from the 1930s, french legal document from the 1800s. Photos of a red umbrella and a crow printed on 100 % rag photo paper.
The found object: little antique key
Size: 10 inches square on wooden cradle
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A very dapper and cheerful-looking crow! Five minutes ago, I just posted pictures of crows!
I loved your post Robert! Inspiring!
So glad! Thanks so much!
I love the way your vintage documents add depth and charm to all your pieces Wilma.
Thank you Alys. I do love my vintage and antique papers…it is often hard for me to glue them down and layer over them.
I can well imagine, Wilma. You make it all look so easy, breezy, even though I know that it’s not. I love your work, all of it. And so glad to have met you, too, so I can experience it while thinking of you.
Thank you truly Alys, I too am so glad to have met you and am thinking that you will be back this way again someday, so we shall meet again. :).
I will definitely be back, and you are at the top of the list. xo
I find it interesting that you gravitate to crows so often in your work. Do they have a special meaning for you? I’ve been watching the feeder today. Lot’s of activity and chirping. I just love to hear those chirps! xk
Chirps are good, a promise of spring. I think I like crows and ravens for several reasons…1. Artistically, I like the strong black colour and sleek silouhette, it works well in so many compositions. 2. I like the symbolism: menace, curiosity, foreboding, female power, magic and mystery 3. I think I am some what of a magpie crow myself, as I collect all the odd found objects for my artwork and hoard them in my nest of a studio.
Brilliant, as I expected 😀 ❤
Love it!
Thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂
What is the significance of a crow with an umbrella??
Well, for me the umbrella means protection and shelter and red is warning and danger. The crow in my pieces usually represents myself as I am a collector of flotsam and jetsam. I made this piece at a vulernable time. I usually like to leave interpretation up to the viewer as you can read many things into my pieces. 😃