Following on from yesterday's behind-the-scenes look inside my sketchbook, today I can show you the cabinets we will be using, albeit all packed up with their legs tucked underneath their white bases. Gracia and I are delighted that NETS Victoria are loaning us these beautiful cabinets for the duration of our show. They are perfect.
Above, you can see my (unfinished) concertina artists' book featuring a flock of (extinct) Passenger pigeons upon a branch. (In flight, did you know that a gathering of pigeons is referred to as a kit?) The endpapers for this book have since been glued in place since taking these photos. The endpapers are a brilliant smoky blue.
The beauty and genius of a work of art may be re-conceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again.
The Bird, William Beebe, 1906
And I couldn't resist sharing the photo of Omar on Gracia's shoulders (in case you missed it). He has made a full recovery since having one of his last infected teeth removed. He is eating well and lazing away as I draw bird after bird after bird. This string of photos sum up January for me.
