Monday, May 21, 2007

shrine assemblage

This week's prompt on Inspire Me Thursday was "Circles". This assemblage, made of recycled parts, is my submission.

I had a few square wooden rosettes we removed from some of the doorframes as we're remodeling (someone tried to give the illusion of an update) and thought to do something with the circles on the block. I've been wanting to experiment with assemblage, so this was a great opportunity. The collage elements are clipped from catalogs and an old book. The spikes are roofing nails, and the spire is from an old birdhouse that couldn't stand the weather. The buttons are from my longtime button box. I'm very happy with the results and look forward to doing more. Maybe this is my little niche!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love it,,wow

Anonymous said...

This is really great. Something I want to try too.

Crafty Green Poet said...

This looks wonderful and I love that its all recycled!

lily said...

This is simply dazzling. I've had a few of those rosettes hanging around from a past remodel. Now I have a bunch of ideas about how to use them!

Anonymous said...

This is quite beautiful. I love how you incorperated the circles around and within the Madonna and Child.

Unknown said...

well done!