bird & brush: morning walk series || crossroads
This is the original piece used to create one of the backgrounds for our new notecard series. We call this the morning walk series, because they are all inspired by Fia's early morning walks along the shoreline on Cape Cod.
This particular piece was hand painted on a piece cut up & sanded down from an old, broken maple bed frame. It can hang or stand alone.
When you find yourself at an edge, where the world is not quite one thing or another, you can always stop & listen. Until you begin to hear all of it. The whispers of water & sunlight & the songs of wind & stone in every living thing. Listen until you remember. Nothing is just one thing, but only the thing you see for a moment from where you stand.
description
- size of storyblock: 5 1/2" h, 4 1/2 "w, 1" d
- comes wrapped in our signature eco-friendly way
- each block is shaped & painted here in the studio by Fia
- Flying Edna studio signature on the back
artist
art created by Fia, story by Kai, September 2023
how we make these...
We have the deep joy of working with incredibly beautiful repurposed wood, sometimes from trees that are hundreds of years old... This means every piece is unique & carries along its own history. We purposely do not fill in the bug holes or hide the knots & scarring, which is why each piece is perfectly imperfect & unique.
The wood species will vary according to what we can source from local small businesses dedicated to repurposing razed buildings, trees that are diseased, or taken down due to storms.
These pieces come with a small card telling a bit about us & the piece, & is either wrapped or comes in an organic cotton bag.
All our reclaimed wood products are shaped, sanded & waxed here in our studio. Woodcuts are done freehand.
Unless stated otherwise, our painted pieces are our unique bird & brush process: 4-6 layers of paint, graphite & ink (including a secret hand written wish).