Beatrice and Amy Were Seasonal Milliners Extraordinaire

I thought I ought to get this fashionable pair posted before autumn slips away. Bea and Amy were part of a trio found in Godey's Lady's Book. The paper is so thin and the letterpress printing so heavy that the music on the page behind them shows through - instantly creating another layer. The hats are composed of flowers from recycled greeting cards and wallpaper. The cameos and hat pin are from a vintage bead catalog. 5" x 5" on archival mat board. [Not for sale]

Autumn: 2

I promise to move on to spring and summer after this post! I just had to make a second fall collage using a page from a girl's general science notebook that I picked up at a flea market. It's a ring binder from 1923 filled with classroom notes and pages after page of mounted, dried leaves that are still intact. I wanted to juxtapose the dried leaf with a stylized one from a publishers' fall catalog cover. Like Autumn: 1, it can hang vertically or horizontally.  5" x 10" on archival mat board