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For this piece I used some vintage household labels, a couple of dominoes, a ceramic angel, a cabinet card from the late 1800's, a cigar box that was sanded and painted black and some old vintage map paper. A circuit board from an old mouse was placed over the face of the man on the cabinet card for an added effect. Some wire decorations of red stars were used to accent the box. The men on the Kull's labels were from cigar box vintage labels.

Odd Moments

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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Spectacular

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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Drink Double Cola

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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.

Dial 212 for New York

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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.

BLUE SEAL mixed media assemblage

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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