#31 - Out like a snail...

So a couple of things, as it got closer to the end of the month I had to decide the whole lion/lamb thing... but of course, the weather is not cooperating with the old adage... and then... my friend recommended this book to me, which I've just finished, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey which is all about this woman who is bedridden by illness who watches a wild snail for about a year... it was a lovely book, full of wonderful imagery, and interesting information about snails... It also had a few haiku about snails which I adored... so I've been kind of obsessed with making a snail. But of course, I couldn't felt one, because my sister made of all things, a snail... What came to mind was paper mache but I kept being concerned about the time, and needed a day or two prep...

So today... what am I going to do? I go into my art room, and there on my table from yesterday are bits of melted solder, and one is this perfect snail - well perfect if he only had another antennae - oh wait, there's a nice little bit I think will work perfectly... and oh, how perfect, March is not going out like a lamb at all, but a snail - taking it's own sweet time...

(if you're keeping track, the snail's shell is a part of a copy of a bromoil I created years ago of this great topiary garden at a gorgeous estate in England...)