Erin K. Schmidt

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  • books
    • all books
    • birds of a feather >
      • As The Crow Flies
      • Dumped for a Stripper
      • fight or flight
      • Icare
      • sanctuary
      • the birds and the bees
      • the dovecote
      • wrecked
    • body language >
      • anamnesis
      • covfefe
      • hem/o
      • hoax
      • long blonde hair
      • THE END OF THE WASP SEASON
      • The Unfinished Blanket
      • tiny maps
      • TRIUMPH
      • veiled muse
    • forest through the trees >
      • day/night
      • house in the wood
      • hushed we met
      • little canopies
      • remember me with affection
    • sheep's clothing >
      • 1954
      • buried in memory
      • I remember how we met
      • winter stayed late
    • troubled water >
      • life is but a dream
      • loon lake
      • not this year
      • tea and water pipe
      • Telling Time
      • waves
      • what news
  • about
    • exhibitions
    • collections
    • education
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As The Crow Flies

As The Crow Flies consists of three miniature books housed in a robin's nest. When closed the books are eggs. When opened, feathers fan out and the books become chicks soon to fledge.  Each flag structure is slightly different allowing the feathers to move in different ways, wings set to take flight.  Fragmented images of crows are repeated throughout the three books; they are the beaks and feet of feeding. The three books are covered in a delightful decorative paper of songbirds and flowers, but the subtle text inside reveals that the chicks were taken, eaten by the crows, one by one the victims of the cruel forces of nature. 

​robin's nest, fledgling feathers, vellum, decorative paper, ink, graphite. 2017.  3 ¾” x 5” x 5”  (each book 1 ¼” x 3” x 1”)  unique book work.