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I picked up the palm fronds that fell to the street in Tucson.
The wood from the ends of fronds was easily carved for the

beak and legs, it was covered in textured wax, and the wings
were added using the palm fiber.

A Symbiotic Relationship

Symbiotic: A mutualistic relationship

where two organisms of different species “work together”

with each benefiting from the relationship.

The base reflected that symbiotic relationship when I added
hand-drawn buildings around the wooden base as the human’s

‘nests.’ I then formed thin black-wire-shaped houses and
incorporated them in the bird’s nest, which was made of paper
wrapped wire painted sepia brown.

All life on this planet has to figure out how to coexist with

the loss of habitat from our growing industrial world.

We all are looking for that perfect safe nesting place;

location…

location…

location.

A Symbiotic Relationship
Textured encaustic, cardboard, carved palm fronds and fiber,
paper wrapped wire on 2 x 9 in wood base

24 x 18 x 12 in

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