In a forest . . .

In a forest of doilies and artificial flowers, a rubber band Little Red and a comb-clawed wolf tip toe through the undergrowth.
Squeezed in a further monoprint collage today it has sat arranged on my desk between jobs, waiting for attention and tweaks before being secured to the paper.

Combs and Rubber Bands

A monoprint and collage interpretation of when the Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood are cut out of the wolf's stomach. Mostly created using combs and rubber bands.

Monoprinting and collage

I have been at a course organised by Picture Hooks at the National Galleries of Scotland all weekend, attending a workshop with George Douglas organised by Picture Hooks. The time was mostly spent monoprinting, but in the last couple of hours the monoprints we had made were constructed into collages. This is my wolf, I loved the freedom and possibilities that these media offered and its distinctly strange and surreal results, definitely a technique I will return to when I get the chance.

In The Woods

In the woods part of #100daysofanimals project by Hazel Terry.

Mika Hirasa V

An appliqued white wolf and Little Red by the relentlessly inventive Mika Hirasa.

Where is the wild ?

Musing on where all the wild places have gone.

Candela Ferdmann

 'The Joy of Eating' a very daunting mobile wolfish mouth by Argentinian illustrator Candela Ferdmann found at the wonderful Toi Gallery.

Cristina Bazzoni

An almost knitted forest of impenetrable trees and forest for Little Red Riding Hood in Cristina Bazzoni's 'Woods' available at Toi.

Bernhard Nast

Bernhard Nast's illustrations for Rotkäppchen from 1973 which I discovered through Italian illustrator Daniela Tordi.I have been unable to find anything further about Bernard Nast except that he was a German artist working in the mid 20th century.

Hans Fischer

These complex illustrations by Hans Fischer (1909-1958) of Little Red Riding Hood, I immediately recognised as being the same hand as Pitschi with their elaborate line drawings and simple washes of colour. It is wonderful to see his version complete with giant beetles and other details to wonder at and get lost in.