Matchbox Art
Matchbox art is one form of collage work I do.
Grandma's Blessing Box
For my grandma's 90th birthday, I created a blessing box for her:
a booklet inside of a matchbox that details many of the blessings
she has. Making this box for my grandmother was a special activity
for me. It allowed me to ruminate on the qualities I appreciate
about her.
I started with her initials "FG" and brainstormed a
list of blessings starting with those letters. Then I scored a strip
of paper so that it had 9 panels, folded it into an accordion and
glued the last panel into the bottom of the box.
To complete the project, I used lots of materials, including
paper, rubber stamps, type faces I have on my printer, an amber
colored glass nugget, wire, photographs and magazine clippings to
construct the blessing box.
Other Matchbox Art
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