Darkness and Light

This is the self portrait photo that I am using for the project. Interesting what happens to the shapes and lines in the photo as it is reduced down to only black and white. I like the way the folds in my shirt made stripy lines--that was unexpected. We took the picture with a light from the side so as to cast shadows on one side of my face. The trick for the project was making all of the black shapes connect so that I will be able to cut the whole picture from one sheet of black paper. What has been fun for me so far, was coming up with the other imagery that is symbolic of my life. The kids, our pet rats, our house, zebra stripes, quilting blocks, etc. I have just about finished compiling the imagery and reduced them to black and white shapes--can post a pic of the layout next.