Restructured Book: Observed Birds: Robin
£95.00
Observed Birds. Any facts discovered in this volume are there purely by accident, and any resemblance to actual birds, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Made from an old book, with a small cut out filled with a bird created using paper clay I made from the pages of old books. The book was destined for landfill – I hope it doesn’t mind having a new life.
Size: 14cm x 20.5cm x 3cm.
Regretfully, I do not sell my work outside of the UK.
1 in stock
“Anyone who has ever seen a Christmas card can probably identify a robin. To be fair, they’re bright orange and stay put all year round so they stand out a bit. There has been a lot of discussion about why robins appear on Christmas cards but the truth is, robins associated themselves with Christmas because they love a Christmas pudding. That’s why they go for bird seed, dried fruit and suet on the bird table in winter – so they can make their own Christmas pudding. They’re rarely pictured with one, however, because they’ve usually eaten it.
It is important to remember that all robins have degrees in horticulture. When robins fledge they are brown with yellow spots. It takes a full six months of hard study to acquire their degree, and only then are they allowed to don a grey flat cap, brown coat and wear the orange breast. They lecture on their subject daily, summer and winter. They are fiercely loyal to their chosen garden (and gardener), but strongly opinionated. They have been known to fight to the death over the correct way to store dahlias over winter. Robins expect good gardeners to kneel in thanks and turn over the soil for them. Called ‘weeding’ this form of worship has been known for centuries to bring gardening success.”
