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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Hurry Lake Breeze (Longing for Summer)

Matchbox measures 2.25 inches by 1.5 inches.

Mick Boyle

Friday, March 11, 2011

Tough Guy Matches

I worked around a Victorian match box I had. It has four compartments for matches. Each compartment has a match striking surface next to it. I collaged the inside of each compartment with paper and the underside (that has now become the top) with paper, a bit of an old measuring tape, a bit of an old paper doily and some of the matches that were still inside the box. Each compartment is slightly smaller than a modern matchbox (see measuring tape for scale) and the handles are made of buttons.

Moon Drops

Measures 2x3

Lion

The outside and inside view of the collage in a matchbox. I tried to be clever and cut out a window but you cant really see that much - needs a tiny light bulb inside or something. O well I tried!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Theme of the Week - Matchbox Collage

On Flickr, there was a challenge to stuff a matchbox with as many objects as would fit. It was amazing how much material people were able to include. That made me think that it would be fun to create a collage on the inside of a matchbox. This means working on a very tiny surface, but it should be a fun and challenging. Please include the size of your matchbox when posting it. If you want, you can incorporate tiny objects. If you don't like working small, there are larger matchboxes and you are welcome to use one of those if you prefer.

As a reminder to members and non-members, please do not submit digital collages. Scrapiteria is for cut and paste only. Thanks!