Let’s say we have bought
very fashionable or simply nice shoes and a box is going to be thrown. My
advice is negative. The shoes box can became something else - an interior design
detail or a toy for you child!
Having the empty
shoes box, there had been made a special visual surprise with added illustrations.
The box was painted
with acrylic colours with adding bit a trace of white gouache. Afterwards, I added
a window (cut out with sharp blade on the mat) and a full moon, looking at a viewer through the window. The moon is
bit sad as he thinks that his childhood went, nor he is not alone with
paste-cut stars.
Acrylic, gouache
painting, watercolours pencils, felt line, collage ‘The Shoes Box.
My Childhood’; I.G.
Whereas the box
cover is part of the box itself, when it is opened, gives a space to make
something inside.
I made a 3D paper
cut character – a girl. She is in her room, happy and bright making drawings.
Warm feeling of happiness is highlighted by the smiling sun, that was drawn a same size as the moon and glued over. Furniture pieces were made from a paper as well and glued on the board. Two pillows are made from felt textile. A strange picture hanging on the wall is cut from a items catalogue and decorated with a textile lace. White,
translucent flowers symbolize purity of childhood, innocence of a soul and it
was made from a textile guipure material.
3D paper cut, acrylic, gouache
painting, felt line, watercolours pencils, collage ‘The Shoes Box. Inside’;
I.G.
In the foreground
I have put an illustration using watercolours pencils and blank ink lines.
Then the image was cut and glued on the background joining the table.
The whole picture
exhibits blended reality and imagination. The girl is happy, still living in
her childhood, making drawings. Birds are poetic symbols of the harmonious
family in the illustrated composition.
Watercolours pencils,
ink; The Illustration ‘Happy Childhood’; I.G.
Use a ‘magic shoes
box’ idea to decorate your surroundings, involve a child in this magic to make
it together or surprise somebody with the handmade artefact. As the box is with the adjustable
cover, you can close it and then only the moon will be looking at you…
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