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| Pink fairy armadillo, 11" x 13", multimedia by Ele Willoughby, 2018 |
I'm taking part in Graven Feather's collaboration with the Japanese Paper Place, the 'What the Fukunishi?' exhibit from March 21 through April 1 at 906 Queen St West, Toronto
Exhibition hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 12-6pm & Sunday 12-4pm. Inspired by their description of these rose and pale yellow fukunishi papers as being "an excellent support material for a huge variety of medias and techniques" I decided to mix it up. This piece combines linocut, collage and colour pencil to show the adorable sand swimmer, the pink fairy armadillo, a tiny armoured mammal, also
known as a pichiciego or Chlamyphorus truncatus, who lives in desserts or
xerix scrublands of central Argentina. These uncommon tiny armadillos are only 90–115 mm (3.5–4.5 in) long,
subterranean and nocturnal. They are rarely seen and their numbers are
declining, due to farming, hunting and predation from domestic pets.
Sadly they do not survive long in captivity. Its giant forepaws allow it
to dig its burrow and explain it's nickname, the "sand-swimmer".
You can also find a series of prints in my shop of just the animal itself.
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| Pink Fairy Armadillo I, linocut and collage on washi paper, 12" x 8", Ele Willoughby, 2018 |
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