She was Independent

The fifth challenge for #ITAC2017 was to create a piece of artwork,

using whatever format or techniques we wanted,
taking inspiration from America

& to include one or more of the following;

Shades of green
Something transparent or sharp, like ice
A large format feature, XXL size
An element suggestive of money and currency
One or more elements inspired by music and/or Samba
Decorations made of feathers, metal, leather…
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Throughout this tournament

I am working in a small handmade paper book.

My piece is entitled

Independent

I used differing elements from Tim Holtz

to bring cohesion to my page.

There are shades of green in the map,

the birds & the decorative patterned paper.

The metal embellishment

has an image of a United States Postal Money Order,

which is also green.

The red star is transparent & has sharp points.

There are also feathers (on the birds).

The images of car license plates is to echo the red, white & blue of the flag.

I added some text from an old book

& printed my title word.

There is one final challenge yet to be announced.