A little more than a year ago, I became an auntie. During three visits from across the country I have photographed Ellie and her mama several times. Every few months, she looks like a different person. Taller, from fuzz to a full head of hair. But those eyes, they are always the eyes of my Ellie.

Since my mama also lives more than 2000 miles from the little one, I decided to assemble these wall pieces bearing four photographs of her precious granddaughter. Essentially I covered book board with bark-toned, luscious handmade Japanese paper, and layered a brown toned print over printmaking paper. On the back are two layers of book board with a notch cut out for hanging.

Seems like I will have to make a couple of pieces of my own, as the wall will be entirely empty after I package these up and mail them off to my beloved mama.