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Latest Collection: Heart Art Shadow Boxes & Art Blocks

January 26, 2022January 27, 2022 Jen Ballou Post a comment
Latest Collection: Heart Art Shadow Boxes & Art Blocks

With Valentine’s Day coming up  I was inspired to create a small collection of Heart Art.  Each work features a painted salt clay heart and a bit of hand cut text from vintage books. 

One of my favorite parts about creating my mixed media art is searching through my stash of vintage books and finding just the right bit of text to add to a piece.  It can be time consuming but I love the way combining cut text to compose quirky and meaningful little phrases makes each piece unique.

colorful salt clay hearts art

For this collection, I perused three different books and cut out phrases related to love and friendship.

  Winds of Chance, a “thrilling, swashbuckling, and romantic story”  from the 1920s features pirates who sail the Spanish Main and an “unwilling” passenger (a “young and spirited lady”), Billie Bradley at Treasure Cove (inside cover: To Peggy from Rita, Merry Christmas 1929), and The Happy Hollisters and the Secret Fort, (©1955) which has chapters entitled ‘The Kind Indian’ and ‘Tractor Overboard!’.  Vintage novels provide such a unique glimpse into the past ~ both disturbing and enlightening.

Salt clay hearts are mounted on leftover wood from a construction project
These shadowboxes measure just 4″ x 6″ but have lots of fun details including colorful fabric flags and a delightful millinery flower accent

With two petite shadowbox assemblages and four art blocks, this collection  may be small in size but it’s big on love and color.  I hope these pieces brighten your day, for Valentine’s Day and beyond!

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I'm an artist, maker, treasure hunter, preschool teacher, wanderluster, and writer! I strive to inspire others to connect to their creativity by showcasing fun art projects inspired by the joy of childhood.

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