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Encaustic Collage of antique prints by Flora Calabrese
Celestial Navigation 'Tawny Owl'
Encaustic Collage
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This beautiful and intricate celestial chart-'Harmonia Macrocosmica'- was created in 1660 by Andreas Cellarius and illustrates the geocentric solar system. This piece is paired with a 1853 print of a Tawny Owl from the book by F.O. Morris "A History of British Birds." Surrounded by vibrant encaustic metallic pigment wax and framed in beautiful patinated copper.