Sorry for the poor photo quality. At the time I didn't have a proper camera to take a picture of this.
Using a cigar box painted a bright devil red, I cut a hole out of the lid for the plastic frame and glued glass to the frame. The background is map paper. A graphic of a head from an older medical book, a falling boy illustration from an old Reader's Digest Condensed book (keep your eyes peeled for these as they often contain some great graphic illustrations!) and some skulls rounded out the inside of this piece. I glued the Odd Moments pieces onto the glass using a light layer of silicone - the Odd Moments labels are actually vintage cigar label graphics. The devil was cut from a comic book. If you'll notice, the 3 dice read "666."
This piece's theme was a way to poke fun at superstitious beliefs about an imaginary enemy and its symbols.
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Here's a shadowbox I made from an older cigar box. I cut a hole for the frame out of the lid and glued a piece of glass to the underside of the frame. The cigar box was painted bright red. A couple of spiders from the dollar store were added and little rhinestones were glued on their bodies. Inside the box is a graphic of a startled woman and a hand and arm I found in a comic book with the spider glued onto his hand. This was a fun piece to make.
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This is a shadowbox I was lucky enough to find at a thrift store. Shadowboxes seem to be difficult to find in thrifts so I was happy to find a couple of these.
Morris' Internal Astronaut has a vintage astronomy page as the background with a nice bright planet to shine some light on the astronaut. The anatomical man running is from a vintage book as is the moon rocks piece glued onto the glass with a light layer of silicone. The rocket was found in a science book. The astronaut in the background is from an old vintage paperback. The radio tube is also vintage paper as is the spaceship in the lower right hand corner. The toy compass was found in a Dollar Tree store. I really enjoyed creating this piece and am happy that its new owner loves it so much.
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Here's another cigar box modified with map paper sanded down to give it a vintage look. I used Yes Paste to glue down the map paper. It works very well and I highly recommend it for projects like these. I found a Double Cola advertisement in a 1950's Life magazine I had lying around and decided to create my own piece in honor of Double Cola. Glass was cut and glued with a light application of silicone and then the men's smiling faces were glued on, also with a thin layer of silicone.
In this shadowbox, I used a variety of different graphics to make a veritable cabinet of curiosities. The background is a vintage cover from an old 1940's Popular Mechanics magazine. Most of the other graphics come from vintage books as well except for the bat to which I glued 2 red rhinestones. At the top is a La Mira vintage cigar box label glued onto the glass. Below the anatomical man with the blue ribs and heart is an old sanding block. In the middle of the block was a hole that fit a glass lens perfectly. I attached an old graphic of an eye into the glass lens. The U.S. Club House is also a vintage cigar label.
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This piece's objects were placed inside a colorful cigar box. I used 2 colored dice, a New York Christmas ornament, 4 old fuses and a vintage telephone dial as the centerpiece. In the background is a vintage star map graphic. The two astronauts are actual vintage graphics as well. The heads came from a vintage medical book and were placed on the astronauts head to give them a more vintage look. The compass isn't vintage but I liked the way it is in the middle of the telephone dial. You can still place your finger inside a dial hole and dial just like the old days.
The background of this piece is made of old dictionary pages dyed with homemade alcohol ink. The small circuit board pieces are from an old cassette deck and a digital camera. There is a tiny bulb hanging from a wire attached to the circuit board which I soldered to attach it to the circuit board. A very old wrench, possibly made in the early 1900's (just a guess from its design and lack of a logo) was siliconed underneath the picture of the bearded fellow. A vintage pesticide label was glued to the lower part of the backing.
Created from a small cigar box painted and dyed with old dictionary paper and alcohol ink. Also a couple of small toys, some blue Christmas ornaments, an old fuse and the centerpiece, a Brownie Starmite II camera made between 1962 and 1967. Also used a Blue Seal vintage cigar label for the top and the picture of the boy and man came also from another vintage cigar label.
Picture by my talented photographer artist friend, Kopana
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