Sunday, January 25, 2009

ABAA - Altered Canvas



I must confess, this is not the first time I have altered a canvas. In fact I have done many, including two that I hinged together and made a letter keeper for my grandmother. 

When I read the challenge, my first instinct was to just use a photo of one of those.  

But I thought twice and decided that I would be cheating myself out of a potentially (Awfully) Big Art Adventure!  So off to the craft store I went and purchased my canvas.

Above you will see the finished product.  

It is deceivingly small.

In fact, I have never done anything so tiny.  (Save for that blasted bottle cap last week!)

To make this little gem I used several vintage stamps I had on hand, and collaged them with patterned paper, a die cut, some glitter and paint, to make the background.  Then I cut out the image of the deer from an old photograph I had.  And to finish it off I used the bird from another stamp, some paper, a metal plate, and a rub-on.

Below is a  picture from an angle that I think shows the 3-D-ed-ness a little better.



And lastly is this image that will give you a better perspective of the tininess.  

A great challenge, I must say!

9 comments:

Sandy said...

Oh wow this is brilliant.
Fantastic canvas.

Janny said...

Lovely canvas!

Rosie said...

Well done Jendy - you're quite right you ARE working in the spirit of the challenge! Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for taking part.
Love
Rosie ABAA

Linda Vincent said...

Thats so cute Jendy - I really like it. Thank you for taking on our challenges ...
Linda xx :-)

raining sheep said...

That is fantastic. Beautiful!! I love miniatures because people really have to look at them and get close. You did such an amazing job.

Jan said...

This is lovely

~*~Patty S said...

Your tiny canvas has so much wonderful detail and depth to it!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Your canvas is gorgeous. Love, love, love your recycling efforts.

Elizabeth

Jaqi said...

Oh a second one how wonderful, im working backwards down your blog. This is lovely too. Jaqi