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    • birds of a feather >
      • As The Crow Flies
      • Dumped for a Stripper
      • fight or flight
      • Icare
      • sanctuary
      • the dovecote
      • the birds and the bees
      • wrecked
    • body language >
      • anamnesis
      • covfefe
      • hem/o
      • hoax
      • jubblies
      • long blonde hair
      • Learning to Knit
      • perforate
      • THE END OF THE WASP SEASON
      • The Unfinished Blanket
      • tiny maps
      • TRIUMPH
      • veiled muse
    • forest through the trees >
      • day/night
      • house in the wood
      • little canopies
      • the coyote's gift (in shadows)
      • tempted
      • 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
      • Tea Party
      • Telling Time
      • waves
      • what news
  • about
    • exhibitions
    • collections
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wrecked

During the warm months the trees around my home are filled with an ongoing cacophonous battle between blue jays and robins.  Their found feathers compose the pages of this flag book.  The blue jay feathers boisterously attack and crush what doesn't belong to them.  The protective robin feathers work together to shelter and cherish one last broken egg.  

Blue jay feathers, robin feathers, robin eggs, Rives BFK, lokta paper. 8" x 18" x 9" open.  unique book
*The feathers used in this book were molted, and were collected from the ground over a period of seven years. The eggs were found on the ground already broken.  No birds were hurt for the making of this book.