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.
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.
