Song of a Hoopoe - Medium Product:Medium along with many borrowed shapes

along with many borrowed shapes from traditional eastern architecture

Cut and polished lip offers a smooth

Available with surgical steel ear wires

Suitable for indoor and outdoor use

These cheerful avians delight the eye with colorful plumage inspired by birds that visit the artist's feeder

Song of a Hoopoe - Medium Product:Medium along with many borrowed shapesA tranquil work that offers a close up look at the distinctive crown of feathers the hoopoe is known for, this mixed media piece is an original photograph printed with archival pigment inks on cotton printmaking paper. Ishii highlights the image with colored pencils to create a painterly effect and affixes the print to a cradled wood panel with PVA. She coats the piece with wax to give the image a translucent quality, and the sides of the board are