Rattenkonig
2010/06 | 5.5"x6"x3" | ink and brush
this is a picture book of pen-and-ink drawings with two pop up spreads, three cutouts, and a central 3D box structure with moving layers.
it tells the story of a little girl who gets kidnapped by rats after her father's death. the concept of the 'rattenkönig'-- a group of rats who get knotted together at the tail while burrowed together underground-- is used as a visual metaphor for the grief experience and the search for connection out of absence.
