On October 10th, I kept going on this project for the November "Alice in Wonderland" show at Porter Mill. This multicolored collection of teacups and saucers is inspired by the Mad Hatter's tea party. The colors change in each square, reminiscent of the the "musical chairs" organization of the tea party Alice attended, with characters moving around the table. The color scheme was determined by numbering the spaces: see my sketch posted here Sept. 20th.) And the images of cups and saucers are combined with a quote from the novel.* On October 10th, I finally started applying color to the text, dark blue to resemble ink. The text came first because I needed to make sure it would all fit as planned. At this point, the mistake in the last line is still there on the canvas. (The last three words should be "more than nothing," rather than "less than nothing.") How long do you think it took me to see it?
In case you can't read the quotation, here it is:
"Take some more tea, the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, so I can't take more." "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter, "It's very easy to take more than nothing.""
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