Thursday, September 5, 2013

Alligators Always Dress for Dinner . . .

 
"Alligators Always Dress for Dinner"
This is a commissioned piece for a customer who fell in love with a previous "Alligators" piece, that had already sold.  I worked on this piece over the last couple of weeks, knowing exactly where I was going with it . . .  until I got to the alligator . . . the one I had was the wrong color . .  so I opted for this little guy . . .  he is more of a gecko . . . a distant cousin of the alligator, but he works!  
Especially in his colorful garb, and with his articulated tail!


For this piece, I used a cabinet door from Habitat for Humanity, and covered it in tissue papers, and bits of other papers and ribbons, then over-laid with sewing pattern tissues.

The title is borrowed from a children's alphabet book, by the same name, of vintage photographs by Linda J Donigan, Michael Horwitz.

7 comments:

  1. Aaaw, love your gecko/alligator and that quote always makes me smile!

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  2. This is cute! I saw you on Fridays Five Features! If you like to link up come over to Craft Frenzy Friday at www.craftdictator.com!

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  3. Remarkable stuff, and pretty smart too! I mean, what a juxtaposition of concepts that connect well visually. Very impressive! Hope this wouldn't be just limited to this blog. It's stuff like this that needs to go viral.

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  4. So cute! Thanks for stopping by DIY Vintage Chic’s Friday’s Five Features and Fun Festivities. Don’t forget to stop back by this Friday!

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