Waiting for the Robots

The Garden of Roots and Webs is an image I created when I was first learning to use Photoshop and experimenting with my drawing/photo/collage process. I’ve been back to  this image many times, exploring the characters in an accordion book, as well as making an attempt to recreate it using screen printing. After learning about tunnel books, I jumped at the chance to make this image more dynamic.

I made the accordions out of a continuous grassy background, on double sided paper to continue the image as much as possible.

The butterfly and dragonfly characters are double sided, and suspended from fishing line from the inner frame. That way, as the tunnel extends, the flying characters are free to move in the air.