Show & Tell Time
Dennis is a sneaky little bugger. He added that last post after I had retired to the bedroom last night.
The pictures I managed to snap of the collage before wrapping it up for Ron & Jody are not very accurate, and I'll try my best to explain how.
This one was taken without the flash, and I think it better represents the overall feel of the collage--meant to have an aged look, like a page of an old photograph album. You can't really tell from this, but each of the images is raised up about an 1/8-inch from the surface of the support, and the quotation is raised up about 1/4-inch. Oh, and since you can't read it, it's from Measure for Measure (one of the plays we did last summer), and it reads: "Our doubts are traitors/And makes us lose the good we oft might win/By fearing to attempt." If you look closely, you can see the shadows cast by the raised images--mostly on the bottom edges, as the sole light source is coming from a ceiling fixture. Also, disregard the reflection in the frame of the slatted closet doors on the opposite wall, mostly discernable in the top and left edges of the border.
This one, taken with the flash, flattens the whole thing out and makes the background look neon green, which is unfortunate. You also completely lose the texture of the background, which was created by applying layers of torn collage paper (washi) that had been saturated with diluted watercolor. The texture is subtle, so as not to take focus from the main event--the photos--but still, it's nicer than having a completely flat backdrop. Dennis manipulated the store-bought 16X20 frame in order to allow the collage to sit deeper than the flat images for which it was intended. He removed the brackets it came with, lined the edges of the frame with strips of black foam core of a uniform width and then secured the backing behind the collage with glazier's points all the way around. Such a handy fellow...
Speaking of which, onward and upward to Dennis' fine woodworking. His first foray into the world of furniture-making was prompted by our desperate need for a couple of night tables in our bedroom at home. One of our current stand-ins is a stack of those clear bins you buy for storing out-of-season clothes or photographs, which sticks out like a sore thumb in our elegantly renovated beaudoir. Our new white-oak bedside tables are coming along beautifully. These pictures were taken just moments ago (ain't technology grand!) after I delivered a freshly-brewed cup of coffee to my hard-working man.
The proud woodworker posing with a side of one of the tables (Notice the fancy-schmancy tapered legs!)
Adjusting the fence on the table saw to trim the shelves that will be placed halfway down the legs between the drawer and the floor
And there you have it--a thorough update on our creative activities (outside of rehearsing and performing our two shows this summer.)
The pictures I managed to snap of the collage before wrapping it up for Ron & Jody are not very accurate, and I'll try my best to explain how.
This one was taken without the flash, and I think it better represents the overall feel of the collage--meant to have an aged look, like a page of an old photograph album. You can't really tell from this, but each of the images is raised up about an 1/8-inch from the surface of the support, and the quotation is raised up about 1/4-inch. Oh, and since you can't read it, it's from Measure for Measure (one of the plays we did last summer), and it reads: "Our doubts are traitors/And makes us lose the good we oft might win/By fearing to attempt." If you look closely, you can see the shadows cast by the raised images--mostly on the bottom edges, as the sole light source is coming from a ceiling fixture. Also, disregard the reflection in the frame of the slatted closet doors on the opposite wall, mostly discernable in the top and left edges of the border.
This one, taken with the flash, flattens the whole thing out and makes the background look neon green, which is unfortunate. You also completely lose the texture of the background, which was created by applying layers of torn collage paper (washi) that had been saturated with diluted watercolor. The texture is subtle, so as not to take focus from the main event--the photos--but still, it's nicer than having a completely flat backdrop. Dennis manipulated the store-bought 16X20 frame in order to allow the collage to sit deeper than the flat images for which it was intended. He removed the brackets it came with, lined the edges of the frame with strips of black foam core of a uniform width and then secured the backing behind the collage with glazier's points all the way around. Such a handy fellow...
Speaking of which, onward and upward to Dennis' fine woodworking. His first foray into the world of furniture-making was prompted by our desperate need for a couple of night tables in our bedroom at home. One of our current stand-ins is a stack of those clear bins you buy for storing out-of-season clothes or photographs, which sticks out like a sore thumb in our elegantly renovated beaudoir. Our new white-oak bedside tables are coming along beautifully. These pictures were taken just moments ago (ain't technology grand!) after I delivered a freshly-brewed cup of coffee to my hard-working man.
The proud woodworker posing with a side of one of the tables (Notice the fancy-schmancy tapered legs!)
Adjusting the fence on the table saw to trim the shelves that will be placed halfway down the legs between the drawer and the floor
And there you have it--a thorough update on our creative activities (outside of rehearsing and performing our two shows this summer.)
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