A Remembering

A gathering of materials to use in my retablo project for my experimental art group.
As I looked around my house the ceramic bride and groom from my parents wedding cake caught my heart and a theme began to resonate.  I printed their wedding photo,  looked through family boxes, reminisced.  I was sidetracked time and time again but finally had a stack of assorted memorabilia.

A wooden box painted with gesso.  I think the bamboo handle gives a nice Asian touch.

I considered putting the cake topper in this lovely hand made box, a gift.

At our meeting Pat Wooley gave a presentation on retablos and showed some of her creations.

That was all it took.  I painted the wooden box, played with background arrangements.  

Added this fan I found in one of my family boxes and voila.  There is a piece of frame on the top but I changed it adding dried acorns I picked up in Northern California.  A huge part of the enjoyment came from sweet memories of my parents through the years.