Tag: Shadowbox

The Butterfly Conservatory – An Upcycled Project

This piece was created using an old jewelry box. I stripped it, removed the glass, covered it in sewing paper, hand painted butterflies and other bugs on the exterior and filled the inside with natural moss, paper butterflies, handmade paperclay toadstools and ladybirds, and acorns and other natural goodies. Some of the butterflies are mounted…

The Mad Hatters Tea

A mixed media altered art shadow box with a Mad Hatter theme. The size of the actual box, not including the dodads, is approximately 7 x 8.57".

Fairy Ring Shrine

A ring of mushrooms is sometimes called a 'Fairy Ring" and it is believed that should you step into this ring you may be whisked away to faerieland! This shrine is made from a recycled drawer. All of the houses, ladybugs, mushrooms, toadstools and the moon are handmade from paper clay.

Woman’s Bath

I used basic dollar store supplies to create a shadowbox type mixed media piece of a woman sitting with her back to us on the window sill with her shadow being cast on the roll down blind depending on the light direction. I had a lot of fun creating this piece. Hope you enjoy it…

And So It Goes

This is an altered Parcheesi board, adorned again with things from my childhood including girl scout badge paperwork. Life is like a game, and so it goes. 

Needle Felted Soldered Shadow Box – A Fragile Heart

I believe that all hearts are fragile at one time or another…I know mine has been a time or two!  I first created the needle felted heart, added the vintage dictionary definition "fragile".  Next, I created a 3" X 2.5" box from book board, painted the box and added a vintage piece of red lace…

Needle Felted Soldered Shadow Box – Only You Have the Key

I first created the needle felted heart, added the lock and words and then I thought that it needed a home.  Next, I created a 3" X 2.5" box from book board, added a vintage "love" dictionary definition and some glitter.  Lastly, I soldered the little box and added the chain with the key…and there…

Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet

side view  detail view This is a shadowbox created inside a photo storage box it measures 4 1/2 " deep x 8" wide x 11 1/2" tall.  Inside are three children out for a halloween adventure.  I used vintage photos for the children and embellished them with masks (which they are holding) and hats (which…

Eat-Drink-B-Merry

10" x 10" shadowbox collage.  Paper, wood, Lazertran, acrylic, beeswax. "Eat-Drink-B-Merry" is a piece from a series entitled "Urban Birds" that I displayed in my wine tasting room, Tierra – Art, Garden, Wine.  The tasting room is located in the downtown of a small Northern California town and we've created a garden courtyard that is…