<p><center><h1>Don't Look At The Edges</h1></center></p>

<p>This was my first piece using mosaic design as a background. I really struggled and got lost carrying the design through and past the character to the edges of the paper. I felt really frustrated and wanted to throw the piece in the garbage! Plus I'm still struggling with hands. My husband said Puck's forefinger looks like a penis. He was right, but I continued on, certainly not my best work, but I finished it! </p>

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14 x 10 inches, mixed media paper, prisma-colored pencils, 2015
<p><center><a href="http://www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html">Puck or Robin Goodfellow</a></center></p>

<p>"Parallel words exist in many ancient languages - puca in Old English, puki in Old Norse, puke in Swedish, puge in Danish, puks in Low German, pukis in Latvia and Lithuania -- mostly with the original meaning of a demon, devil or evil and malignant spirit ... Because of this similarity it is uncertain whether the original puca sprang from the imaginative minds of the Scandinavians, the Germans or the Irish.
-Gillian Edwards, Hobgoblin and Sweet Puck p.143"</p>

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I'm writing an article about the Octopoda and I'm illustrating it too! 

<p><center><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/octopus/#octopus.jpg">Kids National Geographic - Octopus </a></center></p>


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