Spoonflower's 'Birds of Prey Wallpaper' Design Challenge.
Black kite uses fire by Su_G' (https://www.spoonflower.com/designs/15142853): entry in Spoonflower's 'Birds of Prey Wallpaper' Design Challenge. © Su Schaefer 2023 My design features the Black Kite, a tool-using Australian bird that spreads fire to hunt prey. Aboriginal traditions, across multiple groups in different areas, portray birds of prey as animals which carry fire… and field research has now confirmed this for black kite, brown falcon. Some say people learned from birds. For more, see https://sevenages.org/environmental-issues/birds-of-prey-in-australia-spread-fire-intentionally-as-represented-in-sacred-indigenous-ceremonies/ Companion background available separately: 'In the Zone with Dots, White on Sky Blue (LARGE) by Su_G' (https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/15152909). An alternative version is 'Black Kites Fire the Land Sky Blue by Su_G' (https://www.spoonflower.com/designs/15142945). [Half-drop on line contour background] See more ‘bird’ designs by Su_G. (https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/su_g?shop_selection=tag&sub_action=shop&tag=birds) See other designs by Su_G. (https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/su_g) Original: Hand-drawn line art + dots, basic repeat. [Currently set @ Fabric: 150 ppi, Wallpaper: 150 ppi; can be resized or recentered – Spoonmail me or comment before ordering.] [ Proofed on fabric FAY @ 150 ppi // Filename: 3-tilted-Black kite uses fire by Su_G_©SuSchaefer2023 ]