Hand-Held Harpy: I
First in series of planned multi-media pieces based on 4" x 4" (10.2 cm square) lino block showing a harpy held in two hands. The block here has been printed on three washi papers (in gold on white with gold flecks and on cream and in black on irridescent green). The tail is embellished with an actual peacock feather (for those who worry about animal products, I gathered the feather myself from the ground of the poultry pen on a farm on which I previously lived) and glass beads.
I wanted to reclaim the idea of a harpy as a beautiful, rather than horrific creature. A simple way to do so is to play with scale.
Hand-Held Harpy: I
First in series of planned multi-media pieces based on 4" x 4" (10.2 cm square) lino block showing a harpy held in two hands. The block here has been printed on three washi papers (in gold on white with gold flecks and on cream and in black on irridescent green). The tail is embellished with an actual peacock feather (for those who worry about animal products, I gathered the feather myself from the ground of the poultry pen on a farm on which I previously lived) and glass beads.
I wanted to reclaim the idea of a harpy as a beautiful, rather than horrific creature. A simple way to do so is to play with scale.