Summary
A unique celebration of the architectural ingenuity of birds, by an acclaimed illustrator
Susan Ogilvy started painting bird nests almost by accident. One day, while tidying up her garden after a storm, she found a chaffinch nest - a strange, sodden lump on the grass under a fir tree. She carried it inside and placed it on a newspaper; over the next few hours, as the water drained out of it, the sodden lump blossomed into a mossy jewel. She was amazed, and dropped everything to make a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241481714 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241481716 |
| Author: | Susan Ogilvy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Particular Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 845g |
| Dimensions: | 273mm x 275mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
A magical book – Killian Fox * Observer *
The birds’ nests in Susan Ogilvy’s new book are beautifully painted in watercolour and at life-size… The shapes of her paintings, as of the nests themselves, are each different. They are also clearer than photographs could have been - you can almost feel you’re holding them in your hand. This is an enchanting book
– David GentlemanThis is the most beautiful, treasure-like book, a collection of exquisitely painted discarded bird nests accompanied by highly informative text. The nests are life-sized and Ogilvy’s beautiful work is minutely detailed, so you can really see every last bit of twig and moss. The variety is extraordinary and the birds’ building styles even more so… A really wonderful book – India Knight * Sunday Times *A gem of a book – Anita Rani * BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour *A cool, clean ruffle of winter air. Ranging across almost 30 species, it is an illustrated guide to the nests Ogilvy discovered around her home. Like Tracey Emin’s bed, avian housekeeping reveals a lot about the species in question – Alex Diggins * Telegraph *About The Author
Susan Ogilvy
Susan Ogilvy’s work has been shown at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, and the Kew Garden Gallery, London, amongst other places; it is included in several public and private collections, including Dr Shirley Sherwood’s world-renowned collection of contemporary botanical paintings. She was awarded an RHS Gold Medal in 1997, and lives in rural Somerset.
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