Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart This is a book written on a similar vein to Amy Stewart’s WICKED PLANTS, which has a similar shape and layout. The previous book I read from a hard copy, but this one I listened to as an audiobook. I …
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Jun 01
Shadowbox of Unpartable Treasures
In front of my computer monitor, I collect small mementos, things I’ve been given, things I’ve made, and other things I can’t possibly ever part with. Unfortunately, it means that my monitor area gets quite cluttered. I decided to take the large shrine blank that I had made and create a shadowbox to turn these …
Aug 27
Sweet and Creepy Shrine
You can definitely see the Mexican influences in this piece. I found the Mexican lottery cards at a store in San Diego, and knew I had to incorporate them in a shrine somehow. I tried to catch the cheerful + morbid feel of Dia de los Muertos. I was going to go so far as …