Heart Shaped Box as of July 19, 2009

Heart Shaped Box as of July 19, 2009
Originally uploaded by randubnick

We have finally had some hot weather. Although I expected it to be hellishly hot in the studio, I went over to Red Brick this morning to work on this project.  (The heart-shaped box once held a Mother's Day gift from my daughter.  Now I am covering it with collage and decoupage created from printed metallic ribbons.)  The studio felt like a sauna, but I opened a window and got to work. I began by working on the interior of the box top, which I just started recently, so it is more fun to work on for me. Besides, at this point I am using larger pieces of ribbon for that area, easier to handle in the heat.  I worked for about a half hour and made some progress. Then I switched to the gold area around the side, filling in tiny gaps. I was right; the smaller pieces were harder to handle in the heat.  Everything was very sticky!  But I did what I could and also pasted some red pieces into the interior.  After about an hour, I was definitely overheating, so decided to pack it in.  I always take a photo just before I leave, and today as I set it up, the sunlight playing on the heart-shaped box reminded me why I am doing this project.