Another year/another look at some of the finest holiday trinkets a thrift store has to offer unload!
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I’m almost certain that the face is based upon that of another fictional, stand-in mom.
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It was difficult trying to choose just one image from this ‘spread’. Click on the picture to see my other favorite (YES – It’s BONUS DAY!)
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Click image for detail.
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I found these etchings that I made in graduate school the other day (while searching for something else). I feel very lucky to have learned from a master who not only taught me how to hand wipe (a technique that seems to be fading away out of fear), but was as compulsive about consistency and fine craftsmanship as I am.
This image was commissioned for the November issue of Hemispheres, the in-flight magazine for United. You can see it (and read the accompanying story) here.
UPDATE:
Here’s the version that I preferred. However, the one published required a bright background to fit into the magazine’s layout.
