Kathryn, as usual, set up a very thought-provoking Wednesday Wonder last week. The project was to make a Self Box, following these instructions:
1. take a box of any size you choose, with or without a lid or flaps.
2. gather as many varieties of magazine that you can.
3. on the outside of the box, affix images that represent what you show the world.
4. on the inside, affix images that represent your inner life, whether or not it's something to express to the world.
5. cover the entire box, and if you want, seal it with decoupage glaze.
6. you now have a work of art that hopefully was enjoyable, stirring, or comforting to make.
7. lastly, if you want, you can choose items of personal importance to keep in the box -- photos, memorabilia, articles, etc.
As usual, I didn't do the assignment quite the way it was laid out....thank heavens Kathryn understands about Wonders. I used an empty Altoids box. (Does anyone else have bunches of those lying around? And no, I hadn't been using them for THAT trick!!)
The top of the box is covered in a green/brown outdoorsy feeling craft paper. The bottom of the box is...tada...Spartan Green paper!
I left one side of the interior blank. This leaves a blurry reflective surface. The other side has layers of paper with various stickers interspersed. The next to the bottom layer has a picture of the girl on the right. I lost her somewhere. And I feel that I have a short, perhaps six-month period, to find her again. Underneath the picture is a designer cut of a fireworks.
Anyway, this is all mishmash to write, but it was very meaningful to me, so once again Kathryn....Thanks!