First Overhead Hoosh for Upcoming Book

I finally started styling my own images! (Final image at end of post)

Last month Jeffrey and I set up a cramped studio in our living room, between the daybed and the coffee table. I pulled a large selection of items from my object library and spent the day placing and arranging.

The image is a test run for my upcoming book, a combination of the opening sequence from "To Kill a Mockingbird" and John Derian.

I feel it ended up a little too much TKAM — not enough JD... but i'm liken' it.

Second Overhead Hoosh for Upcoming Book

A second attempt at personal home hooshing!

Testing out ideas for section openers, a frontispiece, or maybe just another way to create a chapter hoosh.

I refer to this as a Rorschach style hoosh

This particular style of arranging is so close to a game I played as a child called "Dudes" that I felt myself regressing in age as I assembled the pieces. My hands felt as if they were child hands.
(I will be posting a chapter excerpt on this childhood game under the book section soon...)