On a rainy bank holiday weekend, I bring you a sneak peak of a couple of images from 'my book' which is finally coming together, the product of snatched fragments of time over the last year. I apologise for my lack of professionalism in the photography, but I was a bit excited so just snapped them sitting on my drawing table in the studio.
Images copyright Cath Hughes 2009
The book is tentatively titled 'Sea Otter Feast' , and is a picture (no!!) book for preschoolers. There will be some short text as well but I haven't overlaid that yet. Basically it's a counting book, with mama otter fetching increasing numbers of food items (squid, clams, crabs, urchins etc) for baby otter. It was inspired by my discovery of the vast amount of food that otters have to consume in order to maintain energy. The images are made using collage technique, with handmade hand-dyed paper, photographic imagery and batik on paper.
There's a fair bit of refinement still to do, but now completion is in sight. I am so excited about the prospect of finally being able to give Boo a copy of 'my book'!
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