Trash collage

Handcrafted one-way net structure paper was used. The idea was to create a small personal gift with a story to tell without burdening someone with a bulky present of no use to them. The idea originated from a conversation I once had with my late friend Al Yergey, a mass spectrometrist, who had started to learn botanical drawing. He did not want to give his originals away and I told him to scan, print and sign his work to generate presents which would be treasured by the receiver. He gave me a drawing of a rhododendron bud a year later, which has been decorating a wall in my home ever since.