Someday, the altered art you make today will be
old, faded, falling apart, and someone else will salvage the bits and use them
in new altered art.It's the best that any piece of art can hope for

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Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Don't play with Matches...

Dispose of them safely and then play with the Matchbox to make a Matchbox shrine.

I am not supposed to be signing up for any more swaps/challenges until I have got loads of other stuff done.... but I have no willpower. So when Tish from the DC site organised a Matchbox swap I signed up.

Been playing today.....................................




I'm really pleased with it, it reads "Art doesn't have to be Perfect 'and' Art doesn't have to be Pretty 'but it has to be your' then inside Art and Soul. You can't see the inside of the box too well, but it is embellished with mica chips and mirco beads and the 'Art and Soul' is stamped onto mount-board and UTEE'd.... it looks as if it is floating in the box, as I have attached it with a few layers of foam tape.

But, while I was playing with my Dymo, Georgina had a play with hers, and this is what she stuck above my bench................ do you think she is trying to tell me something??



9 comments:

  1. PBird1 April 2008 at 21:11

    Lol at the comment! Your matchbox looks fab, lovely im sure your partner will be thrilled to bits x

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  2. karen1 April 2008 at 23:13

    love it love it love it

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  3. Anonymous2 April 2008 at 10:35

    you only wanted to be first to finish so you can sign up for more swaps tell the truth, and why didnt you make something arty with those matches like a copy of Norwich cathederal - great job as always such a shame we werent paired to swap ;0)

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  4. Joey2 April 2008 at 15:19

    great matchbox nicks!!!

    love my dymo!

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  5. Sian2 April 2008 at 23:33

    Great matchbox and I love Georgina's comment!

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  6. Mooneybeams3 April 2008 at 17:27

    This is fantastic, as is all all your work on here - beautiful, all of it!

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  7. Debrina3 April 2008 at 20:09

    Gidday Nick, thanks for your comment on my blog, re your jigsaw pieces. I must have missed the explanation about these pieces when I was perusing your blog - must have been too taken by the images instead, lol!

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  8. Anonymous5 April 2008 at 05:18

    Nicks......that little matchbox shrine is wonderful and i love the quote.

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  9. MARGARET FIELD6 April 2008 at 21:06

    great work as always Nicks

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