A sweet art print for your wall; bird photography

I'm excited about a new print I just made from one of my pigeon photos! I caught this image a while ago, of a pigeon couple affectionately preening by the side of the lake I visit. Like swans and geese, pigeons choose a mate for life, and are very affectionate partners to each other.

I decided to try something different in the printing choices for this image. I had bought a supply of beautiful rag paper a while back - it's 100% cotton, acid-free, and is hand-made in India. The paper has a lovely torn looking edge to it, and it's embedded with pressed leaves/petals and stems in a haphazard fashion. The weight of the paper is 150 gsm and it's surprisingly tough, hard to tear intentionally, much less accidentally.

 

So I decided to use this paper as its own finished support for the image print, looping a lovely rustic twine through it as a hanging string, tied in bows on the front.
The paper size is 7 x 8 inches and the image size is 4 x 6 inches.






I printed my pigeon image in old-timey sepia tones and added a romantic quote about being special to someone who loves you. This rustic and charming "card you can hang" would make a lovely Valentine's card and gift all-in-one, but would be nice to give (or have for yourself) any old time of year!

Breeze on the Lake - fiber art and photography, inspired by nature!

America's northern cardinal bird

From the very English robin in my last post, to the very American sight of the brilliant red cardinal bird! In my time there I used to see these birds sitting in the trees in my backyard; the rich red color is glorious to behold.

Here is my first attempt at recreating this amazing bird - this is my prototype in-the-making. I usually wait until all knitting of the piece is complete before installing the eyes, but I couldn't resist adding them early just to see if the face works, and looks like a cardinal bird. I think it does, so far!

Knitting my prototype cardinal bird.

Inspired by England's cute robins

I'm excited to have available again in my Etsy shop, my hand-knitted fiber art robin!

I designed and made this little robin under the inspiration of seeing some real robins at close range, when a friend was feeding one on her hand, and later when another little robin was visiting me too and grabbing suet pellets from my hand.

They are delightful little souls, and when I make one these I always hope to capture that essence.