Fi Webster's photos with the keyword: Illustration Friday

a man's reach should exceed his grasp

11 Nov 2014 4 2 1227
Cut-paper collage created for Kollage Kit theme: "Snakes and/or Ladders." And this definitely fits for Illustration Friday's theme of "Paper." Title from Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto," in which the full line is "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?" String of macaw feathers made as an offering to the gods by the Huichol Indians of northwestern Mexico. Extension ladder from Uline industrial supply catalog. Cloud from The Book of Clouds by John Day. Lithograph of hand by N. H. Jacob, from an anatomy & surgery book by the 19th century French surgeon J. B. M. Bourgery.

as free as a bird

17 May 2014 1 1143
This one definitely belongs with Illustration Friday's theme of "Retro." The one thing I'll say about this now is that there's only one rubber stamp image: the brown triskele overlapping one of the skulls at the bottom. Other than that, this is 100% collage. But I'll be happy to answer questions about it. =grin=

mister red has a few problems

27 Mar 2014 3 1 794
Cut-paper collage postcard created for Illustration Friday theme "Red." The spiders, from left to right, are a goliath tarantula, a Mexican jumping spider, and a hunting spider of genus Dysdera . Mister Red is from a painting by Walter M. Baumhofer on the cover of Doc Savage magazine, 1935.