I had so much fun doing this project! While the actual making of the work only took several hours, I have been walking around with the "story" in my head for over a week! I am come to the quiet conclusion that I really love working in/with mixed media, and plan to do more .. I have dozens of these "stories" in my head, just waiting for the medium to express it.
Process:
1. Decide the "story" or idea for your piece.
2. Look around your surroundings for various items that can work to express your idea - whatever you lack, go shopping! I fell in love with Hobby Lobby.
3. While shopping, I made sure that I chose items that "felt" right .. they worked with the color scheme and time era I was after.
4. From my family photo album, I chose some old photos. My husband scanned them in, photoshopped little blemishes, then printed them.
5. I laid out all my gathered materials - including the 'sandwich frame' I already had - then began to make some aesthetic decisions about what got layered where.
6. I cut, tore, collaged, wrote, placed and re-placed, and layered all of the chosen elements.
7. Took a break for dinner!
8. After coming back to it, I made sure I liked the layout before gluing.
9. Secured all framing.
10. Done!
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