Swarm - Illustration Friday - Laurel Martin

Swarm - Illustration Friday

2/27/2011

I made this with my favorite Citra-Solv paper and some real dragonfly wings that I found while walking in the woods last summer. Two wings were just lying on the path. I have no idea what happened to the other two. The wings are now encased in acrylic medium, so they should remain protected forever.

You may be wondering why this is a swarm? It is a swarm of memories. Sometmes I find I'm overtaken by them. Are memories real or not real? They only exist in our heads. It's a facinating question.

7 Comments

artsnark link

2/27/2011 07:09:24 am

Great piece & fun find!

I love this week's prompt - have to pop over & see what everyone else is up to.

dosankodebbie link

2/27/2011 08:47:14 am

What a cool way to preserve dragonfly wings! I love the colors and textures of this piece, and I know exactly what you mean by being overtaken by "a swarm of memories."

studio lolo link

2/27/2011 01:40:18 pm

This is lovely, really.

My sisters and I have a tough time with memories because we've all had different experiences even though we had the same parents.
They used to accuse me of making things up until I pointed out the above fact.

Just because we've had different experiences doesn't mean it didn't happen. Really heavy stuff sometimes, sorry!

I do love this piece.

juca link

2/27/2011 05:24:19 pm

Real wings? huhh. Super. My children always bring a lot of treausres like pigeon fether, stones, leaves, but I don't take these to my shelf of memory, because we have no shelf of memory. :-) We have no place for treasures. :-( Just for their first hair, teeth, shoes...

But this illo is fantastic! I will find place for the treasures like wings. :-)

bjorgnin link

3/1/2011 06:40:24 am

Heisann!

Your post is fabulous, and I save the dragonflywings for my collection:
http://viltogvakkert.blogspot.com/2011/02/dragonfly.html
Have a nice week ;:OD)

kaslkaos link

3/3/2011 03:59:22 am

Wow! This is gorgeous. I love the idea of preserving those wings too. Wonderful.

Melissa Zeitler

3/30/2011 12:30:28 am

Hi Laurel,
I am from the makers of Citra Solv and just came across your wonderful piece! We would love to be able to share it on our Facebook page (giving a link to your blog) if that would be ok with you. I would also love to see any other pieces that you have created with the pages. In case you don't know, we have an artist section on our website. mzeitler@citra-solv.com. Once again, great piece! And hope to hear from you!
Melissa

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