I traced the image in Photoshop Elements and began to manipulate it, rotating and repeating it to create this design:
After several more repetitions of the pattern above, I repeated the process with the original photograph to include color and additional detail:
My next step is going to be a drawing of the bird in the original photo. I will also probably include another layer of designs from another photograph, and alter the width and possibly color of the lines.
The symbols within the work are:
Bird: messengers of heaven, fertility, fulfillment of wishes, good harvest
Green: renewal, freshness, hope, victory of life over death
Brown: earth
Tree: strength, renewal, creation, unity, growth, eternal life
Leaves: immortality, eternal/pure love, strength, persistence
Nets: containing of knowledge, motherhood, giving life
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