superstition

This was an assignment from a screen printing class that I took at Foothill college about superstition. I researched the topic and decided I wanted to draw and print an image that touched on superstitions across cultures and the ages. It turns out that animals behaving strangely and numbers figure heavily in superstitions across the board. The series, "Birds Do Unusual Things" was born.

Here, I have depicted birds—Ravens—creating the number 13. This would be viewed as a big time superstition in almost any culture I have read about!

here are birds forming the number O,

the number 1,

the number 2, and

the number 3

I plan to create a bird image for every number up to 9. Then, I will be able to make a drawing for any number I want.

Here is a sticker I made on my vinyl cutter wishing my daughter a happy 20th birthday.

Here is a picture of my son wearing his superstition tshirt in a museum in Japan. I hope it brought him good luck!

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