In front of my computer monitor, I collect small mementos, things I’ve been given, things I’ve made, and other things I can’t possibly ever part with. Unfortunately, it means that my monitor area gets quite cluttered. I decided to take the large shrine blank that I had made and create a shadowbox to turn these things into art. I’ve got glass things I’ve made (one that broke) seed pods I’ve grown or collected, and old pair of glasses, a watermelon leaf from the 2008 garden that I pressed, and the t-shirt we designed at Clarion 2007 that I think none of us ever wore. The copper dome in the top was made by Dylan Hasman, a metal artist married to a friend of mine (I traded him for glass doohickies).
The spiders were awards for winning the “submission game” (not what you think!) that my fellow clarionites competed in. I submitted the most short stories, novels, etc. for two years in a row.
I’m very proud of the doors. I cut out the sheet of copper, and used the positive on one side and the negative on the other side. I used a sheet of wood veneer to make it look like solid wood, and epoxied it to make it glossy. Unfortunately, the epoxy poured off the edge and cemented the hinges open. Oops.
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That is wonderful… and full of wonders. I love the doors.