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| From left: a Connamara Worry Stone from Ireland, a stone from Beachy Head, England, and a shell & pine cone from Portmeirion, Wales |
These three items were in a travel journal I made about my first overseas trip but they were so bulky, I removed them from the pages. It took me a long time to decide how to use them. Accordion book? No, it would still need more room.
I glanced around my studio and saw my little Altoid tin shrines and a light bulb when off. A great solution!
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| From left: Childhood is but a Day, Artifacts, and Disconnect |
Selecting a tin that once held spices, I saw how nice and deep it was inside. I cut up some acrylic paintings on watercolor papers into rectangles and used eyelets, Irish linen thread for the first two items, and tiny brads for the clear acrylic medium holding the pine cone and shell.
For the outside, some Tim Holtz numbers and a "Remnants" word band.
The inside front inside lid has part of my acrylic painting that adorns the travel journal, tying it to my 1982 Journal as well as hiding the brads.
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| The 1982 Journal (bound in April 2018) |
