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. 

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