The 16th Century portraits by Giuseppe Arcimboldo of Italy used images of fruits and vegetables to create faces. I have always been amused and fascinated by them. So when I was looking at a stack of fruit and vegetable patterned novelty fabric (where did they all come from?) a thought started to form. Noticing I had some great fruit prints in awesome colors, the next thought was"bat", as in fruit bat. In researching fruit bats, I learned that their habitat is shrinking due to human population growth. These bats are also know as "flying foxes", no stretch to the imagination when you examine their faces. They eat exclusively fruit and play a large part in the pollination of the fruit trees. They need to be honored for this service they provide to their eco-system. My specimen is made up entirely of fruit-printed fabrics and in the style of centuries old scientific drawings.
I am so inspired by your work! Haven’t seen this one before. Bought your first book with Gobi Gecko in it about 20 years ago– I’ve just gotten brave enough to try some of your techniques.