provides a treasure trove of practical techniques and ingenious approaches. In this captivating guide, noted artist
Jane Freeman shows readers, step by step, how to use modified kit components, and found and handmade objects to create intensely detailed miniature constructions.
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March 8, 2008
Arms and a Man
Early, this fuzzy wet Saturday,
I walk snugly in the city,
Peer into vacant alleys
Where multiple slick tree limbs
Dance easily in the wind
Like Indian goddesses.
Underground, a poster
Imparts a golden Tara,
Like some tarantula diva,
Circling arachnid arms and a boon
In each multiplicative hand.
Outside again, countless
Cold fingers play fugues
On my skin. Umbrellas
Unfold like black bellows
Into whirling circles. Suddenly
A stranger juggling packages and bags
Emerges from the musical drizzle, asks
“Where’s Broadway?” I point east.
Off he scurries in the hard patter,
Far too many parcels for a mere two arms,
Making the ritual rounds of groceries,
Laundry, repeated sundry necessities
In a tyranny of endless errands.
Posted by Jane on March 8, 2008 4:14 PM
