Why is a raven like a writing desk?

This is one of my favourite and probably one of the more technical pieces. I've used a wide range of materials on this piece. I firstly painted the head free hand onto the book paper background, then, drew out a template of the wings with a very light shade of graphite pencil. I coloured in the feathers I thought would look right made out of materials after that it all became improvisation. I painted some feathers with watered down acrylic paint so the book paper was still partly visible through the paint. Then I drew around each selected feather individually with tracing paper as a template for the wallpaper, I then selected appropriate colours and patterns for the feathers in a very particular order so that they complimented eachother really well. The small ones were the most fiddly bits to do but they all come together really well and the texture is visible even through a photograph. As an extra textural bonus I cut feather shaped pieces out of plastic and layered them over selected feathers. This looks brilliant in person but isnt really visible in a photograph, especially when the light hits it and creates a shiny aesthetic over the matt paint.
I curled the petals of the flower in the ravens beak to make it look more realistic and it looks really 3d and creative. I don't know if it's visible to anyone else but the stem of the feather had a quote written in it..... "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" This is a quote from Alice In Wonderland. I'm really happy with this piece.