It was on one of those days where you are reading different blogs and have no idea how you ended up finding a great creative blog that really inspires you. When I saw this photo, I knew I would want to give it a try! "Cheeky Magpie" did great tutorial on how she made this book/pumpkin. She also talks about how ideas come to her and the trails and errors to get the finished piece http://cheekymagpie.blogspot.com/2008/09/shape-book-tute.html
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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