I had to go to the post office yesterday to mail off a birthday present. I didn't have any plans to go thrifting but I was close to a favorite Goodwill store so I popped in. There wasn't much there as usual so as I was leaving I noticed this very weird and scary face. I had no plans to buy it but just wanted to see what the face was made of. As I turned it over thinking the base was made of wood I realized it was a giant vertebra and the face must be bone. That had to be one big animal! It will be interesting to see how much I can sell it for! Any guess what I'll get for it?
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
I had to go to the post office yesterday to mail off a birthday present. I didn't have any plans to go thrifting but I was close to a favorite Goodwill store so I popped in. There wasn't much there as usual so as I was leaving I noticed this very weird and scary face. I had no plans to buy it but just wanted to see what the face was made of. As I turned it over thinking the base was made of wood I realized it was a giant vertebra and the face must be bone. That had to be one big animal! It will be interesting to see how much I can sell it for! Any guess what I'll get for it?
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