No. 269 Once Upon a Pod

25 x 20 cm. Handmade collage of commercially printed book pages from Follow the Monsters (Random House, 1985 (leftover from the Monster Trust project (2015)), Rockwell Kent’s World Famous Paintings (Wise & Co. Inc., 1939), a thick book of nineteenth century engravings, Better Homes & Gardens Famous Foods from Famous Places (Meredeth Press, 1964), Birds’ Eggs and Nests (Hamlyn, 1971), a children’s encyclopedia, and a mid-20th century atlas; a page from a late 1950’s National Geographic magazine; a calendar illustration (the bird); and a photograph of the pod. Not sure where the ladybug came from. Elmer’s glue, Verathane Water-based Polyurethane, and McCloskey GymSeal High Gloss Finish on Masonite.

No. 271 Lower Brush Creek and the Fourth Principal Meridian
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36 x 28 cm. Handmade collage of commercially printed book pages from Soil Survey Vernon County, Wisconsin (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969), Scotland in Color (R.T. Batsford, LTD, 1954), Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories (Washington: Review & Herald, 1976), Wondrous World of Fishes (National Geographic Society, 1965), Birds’ Eggs and Nests (Hamlyn, 1971), Planets, Stars and Space (Creative Educational Society, 1960), and a mid-20th century atlas; Elmer’s glue, Verathane Water-based Polyurethane, and McCloskey GymSeal High Gloss Finish on Masonite.

No. 272 Somewhere between Norwegian Hollow and Irish Ridge
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36 x 28 cm. Handmade collage of commercially printed book pages from Soil Survey Vernon County, Wisconsin (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969), Scotland in Color (R.T. Batsford, LTD, 1954), Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories (Washington: Review & Herald, 1976), Wondrous World of Fishes (National Geographic Society, 1965), Birds’ Eggs and Nests (Hamlyn, 1971), Planets, Stars and Space (Creative Educational Society, 1960), and a mid-20th century atlas; Elmer’s glue, Verathane Water-based Polyurethane, and McCloskey GymSeal High Gloss Finish on Masonite.

No. 273 Little Britches in the Kickapoo
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36 x 28 cm. Handmade collage of commercially printed book pages from Soil Survey Vernon County, Wisconsin (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969), Scotland in Color (R.T. Batsford, LTD, 1954), Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories (Washington: Review & Herald, 1976), Wondrous World of Fishes (National Geographic Society, 1965), Birds’ Eggs and Nests (Hamlyn, 1971), Planets, Stars and Space (Creative Educational Society, 1960), and a mid-20th century atlas; Elmer’s glue, Verathane Water-based Polyurethane, and McCloskey GymSeal High Gloss Finish on Masonite.