I found two of these shadow box frames at a church rummage sale a few weeks ago for $1.50 and got really excited about making a shadow box with a sewn bird. Here is "nest of thread II".
The frames are backless so for this one I made a small white-on-white quilt as the backdrop.
The floor and the wings on both the mother and baby bird are made from pages of my old metro Boston road atlas sewn to muslin. When we replaced our torn up atlases we threw the old ones out. Charlie had already taken the garbage cans to the curb when he suddenly thought that maybe I’d like to keep some pages from the atlases for collages and he ran out in the rain and tore out a big bunch. Gotta love that guy.
The box already had two little hooks on the back for hanging so this one is all ready for a wall.
Wow! I love the direction your work is taking. It is fabulous! I love the use of the atlas for the wings and the floor.
oh this is fantastic…abby I am also thrilled to see your newest piece! such art.
This is my very favorite! Watching this theme build and change has been really amazing.
Ooooh, birds and maps and thread that looks like the lines on maps … perfect. Sigh.
I really like the map sewn to the muslin. What a great idea! This makes a really nice vignette. More intriguing than the stand-alone birds sometimes.
just beautiful, makes me smile and wish it was on my wall
I love the spools hanging from the “ceiling” and the threads trailing from mother to spool and from spools to nest, connecting everything.
I love the spools hanging from the “ceiling” and the threads trailing from mother to spool and from spools to nest, connecting everything. And I like the way the lines of the map and the threads mirror eachother.
As usual I’ve come to say, “amazing.” Truly original works of art.
Gulp! Wow.
fantastic, i love how you can see how thoughtful your work is, this is great.
Even better than the last…LOVE it!
I’m in awe, again. It’s so cool to see your work evolve in real time.
Incredible!! This is truly beautiful 😉
my God, this is beautiful work! truly wonderful!!
Absolutely amazingly beautiful and wonderful. sigh. Jen
this is amazing. i love the maps maybe more than anything else. maps on a bird, how perfect (and also the spools of thread – a bird’s paradise).
awesome! you have out done yourself with this one. love, love, love it. will this one or some version of it be up for sale at some point?
said it before but I will say it again.. your work rocks! you have definitely outdone yourself. Is it just me or has your work gone through a major jump? this is true art! I love love love it. 🙂
The atlas print is so cool!!!! I’ve always loved maps on unexpected things.
I also love how this piece is larger and more of a story open for interpretation.
This is just lovely – what an amazing and creative idea!
Oh, I had thought that the first bird with thread was my favorite piece of yours, but these birds top it. I also love the maps — maybe this is the secret to how birds know where they need to go during migration.
Oh, I had thought that the first bird with thread was my favorite piece of yours, but these birds top it. I also love the maps — maybe this is the secret to how birds know where they need to go during migration.
I love this! Wonderful.
Oh my. This is by far my favorite piece of yours. I just love the whole vignette even more than your stand-alone pieces. There’s just something peaceful about it. Your work just amazes me more day by day. Even my husband who normally doesn’t enjoy looking at my craft blogs is in awe of your pieces.
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen! Brilliant work as always! 🙂
holy cow.
Oh this is just divine – and as for someone that would run out in the rain to salvage those pages for you – what can I say???
Beautiful!!
I’m asking too…are you selling these? Would you do a commission?
PLEASE!