Blue Jay Survival Kit Collage, found objects, ink drawing, text from: "The Original Boy's Handy Book" by Dnaiel Carter Beard and http://www.learnbirdsongs.com Julia Patterson was born in auto town Oshawa and grew up in cottage country. She attended OCAD and Toronto School of Art. She is interested in the question of place and how our identities are in/formed by it. A pair of Blue Jays nesting in my backyard this summer was the catalyst for this shadow box.