Here's a new work just finished. You did see a "stacked together" version of it in its earlier iteration a few days ago, but things change...
As I think I mentioned before, I used two weathered boards for the background, which I fastened together with a couple small boards across the back. The curly metal bits are from a candle holder which I removed the protruding candle holder part from. The shelf with the elephant head underneath came just like that from the bins. Above the shelf, I added an odd-shaped mirror frame that was (and remained) golden colored, and flanked it with two very heavy duty German scrap wings which are glued to the wood (and which I may fasten more securely with some kind of small brass nails to make sure they don't fall off).
Inside the frame, I put some tapestry-like fabric for a background, and then added a door plate with a vintage French doll's eye in the center. Two spindles are mounted on the sides.
Here's a detail shot of my "offerings". A hornet's nest, the jawbone of an animal, 3 melted gold candles, and 3 small red fruits (wooden).
And here's the top. I struggled a bit figuring out what should go up here, but ended up with the speedometer dial (loved the subtle colors which were mimicked in the tapestry) from a stash of ancient pickup parts. The slot in it where the odometer reading would have been shows 2 eyes from a classic madonna (I've forgotten which artist) peering out, and her golden color picks up the wings and frame. The circle did seem to just "float" there though, until I added an strip from a checkerboard to ground it a bit (and you'll notice in the top photo that I added one at the bottom too).
Hope you like it!
2 comments:
Wow! This is superb, really beautiful.
I'm so pleased you like it, Carol! It was fun finally having it come together after sitting in a half-way state for a long time.
Thanks!
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