Sunday, August 15, 2010

Anniversary Birdies Part Deux

So I abandoned the cut-paper-on-canvas thing after finishing it and varnishing it. I just suck at cutting things out really small and without tiny details the whole design sort of fell apart. Even with the pretty paper. ::sigh:: Oh well. Better luck next time!
In lieu of having nothing to give my grandparents for their 60th anniversary, I remade the bird idea in Illustrator and printed it out on heavyweight matte paper. I reused a frame I got from a yard sale (two for 8 bucks! what a deal!) that had some really ugly faded 80's artwork in it. I've never reused a frame like that before...screws and wire and fancy brackets! Fortunately I managed to screw it all back together with my new artwork in it. It's small, but it works! Here's hoping it'll stand up to being in my suitcase. I'll pad it EXTRA carefully.

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