Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Day the Music Died

The Handsome Ginger gave me this hat New Year's Day and it was so light on my head, I forgot it was there, much to the amusement of the Professor. Here's hoping your 2011 has begun beautifully. If it's not, begin again today!



Since I'm finally getting around to posting this on a You Create Thursday, here's the process for today's project. I must confess, however, that I did it over the holidays as a gift for a bass player who stole my heart so long ago.


No, this isn't my doing, although having lived with musicians for most of my life, I may have been tempted. I found it as it lay beside the path on one of my summer walks. It begged me to carry it home, which I did. I promptly stored it away with all my other finds and forgot about it until I visited the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum last fall.



There I saw his Guitar: a board painted white with a disassembled guitar positioned on it also painted white. When I got home, I brought out the pieces I'd hauled home. I then gave them, a board and frame a few coats of white gesso. The result was too bland for my tastes, so I auditioned a number of background colors.





Deciding on a background and placement, I affixed the pieces to the board with heavy gel medium. Then I weighted the pieces for a couple of days with the heaviest things I could find in the studio: a bag of white sea glass, a huge family Bible and the Professor's bronze baby shoe.


Such a cutie he must have been.
And here it is after knocking back the background color some and painting the frame a copper. I'm calling it My Rival. My husband, son and grandson all play guitar, so I often have to battle for attention. And in this particular case, I come out the winner.


The Handsome Ginger insists the guitar be painted a deep blue. Still giving it thought. What do you think?

And what are you creating this year? Join me over at Gitzen Girl this year with your creations.

4 comments:

  1. That is so awesome. What a way to salvage that guitar and turn it inot something beautiful!

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  2. i love the contrasting background choice, and i wouldn't paint the guitar blue. leave it be--it's great as is, and the name is perfect as well!

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  3. Thanks, Jenn, I appreciate your input.

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  4. Oh my gosh. I'm totally torn. I love the white contrast, but blue could be pretty amazing. I a sucker for a pop of color :)

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