Projects > Familiar: a tale told in print about a nervous witch who goes on an adventure

Once upon a time there was a witch who lived at the edge of a forest

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2019

One day this witch went for a walk to gather some mushrooms for her supper. As she walked she hummed to herself. As she hummed to herself she had a thought bubble up. “You must go on an adventure.” said the thought. The witch stopped walking and pondered

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2019

Gaaaaah!!! screamed the witch and dove behind a pair of rare orange hibiscus bushes for cover.
It seemed her parasympathetic run away and freeze response had gotten the better of her.
“Don’t worry, “ said the ginormous disembodied clown face with a cheerf

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2019

The weather came.
It began to rain.
A lot.
Puddles became pools with standing waves ricocheting from side to side.
Still staring, the ginormous clown face in the sky asked,
“Sure you’re still up for adventure? You might get wet!”

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2019

Familiar - proof

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2019

Cards while we wait?

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2020

The witch looked up. The ginormous disembodied clown face was peering at her from behind 6 cards.
“Hey! It’s 4 cards each!” “I’m not good with rules.”, said the face, “Shall we begin?”
The witch laughed.
The face reminded her of someone but she couldn’t q

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2019

“How do we play? Aces high?”
The witch blinked.
The ace of spades was flickering with tiny golden flames.
There was no smoke. From were she was sitting that ace appeared to be on fire.

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2019

“Watch out there,”
A cheerful gender neutral bird with tears in its eyes was watching them.
They were perched on what seemed to be the wheels of an upturned wagon.
“It's fun to state the obvious so I'm just going to say it. Looks like you're dealing with

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2019

The witch started to remember.

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Suddenly the witch remembered who the face reminded her of..

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2019

In one of the memories the witch could see her father.
He was saying something important, but she couldn't hear what he was saying.
“What's that Dad?”, she heard herself say.

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12 x 12 inches

2019