Orion and the Penland Cows
Class Demo Option #2*
This is a photo mosaic that I put together years ago at Penland. The idea of building up larger images from smaller ones has always been an interest of mine. They don’t always need to be stitched together into seamless images. This technique is done by hand using paper prints. Each image is cut out and then slowly arranged and glued down to make one image.
There used to be cows in the pasture at Penland and they were coal black with bright white faces. At night as you walked by they would look up at you with glowing faces that matched the stars. Orion is my favorite constellation. This mosaic arranges their faces as Orion and sets them in the sky above a sunset near Penland.
* These are more advanced techniques that might be of interest to students. Interested students can pursue them on their own with more help from the instructor.
