The Birdie Backpack

This was a custom order for a friend. She provided an all-black backpack, and she provided the image she wanted me to use--a class picture from a teachers' college c.1929. (Her grandmother's in there among the new teachers all in white.)

Background is gesso, acrylic paints, and sharpie markers. Because the flap is very flexible, I didn't use paper collage--instead, I made large xeroxes of the central image and transferred them using a gel technique. The whole thing is modpodged, and then kryloned for weather resistance.