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Sunday, 10 August 2014

hope is a thing with feathers

I am making these small books, and others, for my Open Studio days.  This one however, is heading off to a very special friend of mine who has just come out of hospital.  I do love this poem by Emily Dickinson.....


'Hope' is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.







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14 comments:

  1. Louise10 August 2014 at 16:35

    Beautiful!

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    1. susan bowers13 August 2014 at 08:23

      Thanks Louise. There is something intrinsically beautiful about feathers I think.

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  2. Atelier Conti10 August 2014 at 18:20

    These are quite beautiful and evocative, not to say uplifting :^). Excuse my ignorance, but how have you made the feather images? Are they photographic? Or if printed, are they really etchings? And how do you get so many beautiful and subtle colors?

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    1. susan bowers13 August 2014 at 08:25

      Hello Atelier. thanks for visiting my blog - yes these are etchings not photographs and the inks are all applied by hand with careful rubbing and blending - a process called la poupee. I was a painter long before I was a printmaker and as such often use my printing inks in a very painterly manner. It just takes practice!

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  3. Unknown10 August 2014 at 23:32

    Lovely. So peaceful, beautiful, gorgeous.

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    1. susan bowers16 August 2014 at 17:44

      Thanks Linda - hard to resit the simple feather in all its beauty.

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  4. Sharmon Davidson11 August 2014 at 09:27

    Absolutely beautiful!

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  5. susan bowers13 August 2014 at 08:25

    Many thanks Sharmon.

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  6. rObfOs13 August 2014 at 12:29

    These are beautiful Susan. I especially love the Guinea Fowl feathers. I do adore a printed feather :)

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    1. susan bowers16 August 2014 at 17:45

      Me too Robyn - I adore guinea fowl ..... feathers and all. I have a couple more plated ready to etch and then will do something fun with all the prints.

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  7. Barry15 August 2014 at 20:44

    Hi SB - the feathers have printed brilliantly - such a good outcome from a simple but inspired approach. B

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    1. susan bowers16 August 2014 at 17:46

      With these prints it will all be about the inking methinks .......

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  8. Fiona Dempster15 August 2014 at 20:57

    Sigh of happiness!

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  9. susan bowers16 August 2014 at 17:48

    A sigh and a smile .... feathers have that quiet effect.

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