Tuesday, November 07, 2006


"The Triumph of the Jabberwocky”

I focused on the boy who conquered the Jabberwocky. That's what I think this poem is about, conquering fears. This version of what I got out of the poem. The boy is walking through the evening deep forest, and meets a grueling creature. He is quite
brave and uses his powerful sword to take this creature down. He is so
proud of what he has done and takes the head to show how he has conquered
the creature. That is why I called the "The Triumph of the
Jabberwocky.”

For my background I use a piece of fabric that had a medieval forest feel to it. I tried -for the first time- Angelina fabric, and used it to make the sword. I cut a face from another piece of fabric to make the creature's head and pieces of artificial flower stem to make the claws. This was to be an abstract piece, yet it has a touch of realism. I made the body shape of a child using dyed fabric, and a button as the head.

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