Persephone in the underworld

So, you know the theme of the Sketchbook I’m working on is Life Underground, right? Well, since the chance to re-do it was thrust upon me, I decided to start at the center of the book and work out from there. This booklet, in particular (because of the heavy paper I used),  wants to fall open to the center fold, so I wanted to place something striking there.

On other pages, I’m taking more of a cross-section view, of life underground: seedlings and roots and earthworms and such. But here, I wanted to express what’s always a feature of my life at this time of year–the slightly smothered feeling of hibernation and dormancy represented by the tale of Persephone.

Here’s my Persephone:

Persephone, from the Life Underground Sketchbook

Persephone, from the Life Underground Sketchbook, © 2012 Lisa Firke

 

Persephone 2

Persephone Detail, from my Life Underground Sketchbook, © 2012 Lisa Firke