Faces of the Future No. 3 P08217-P00710 Pausing to perch on a

Pausing to perch on a delicately leafed branch

adding the birds as the final step of the printing process

as each piece is handmade

Each bead is strung on a cord and crocheted one at a time with a crochet hook

but with the comfort of a knit

Faces of the Future No. 3 P08217-P00710 Pausing to perch on aThe "Faces of the Future" series is a collaboration between wood artist Erik Wolken and Chapel Hill, NC, based painter and mixed media artist Gray Griffin. The inspiration for the series came from Alex Wagner's book "FutureFace," about growing up in America of mixed ethnic background. The artists sought to create a series of abstract sculptural masks exploring that idea. They are constructed from laminated and carved oriented strand board, paint, and