Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Skulls and Cetaceous Animals: : from

and Cetaceous Animals: : from the Works of the Best Authors

Materials: Nepalese lokta & Thai kozo papers

yet also adorable harpy is based on an illustration from John Jonston’s Natural History of Birds

One of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Skulls and Cetaceous Animals: : fromThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in