I learned a valuable lesson with my first box, Sam. I had submitted this image as my representation for the BFA postcard and it was finished, but then I got the idea to add some reflective/translucent gold paper as an added layer. After I added some pieces in a layer of resin and it dried, I noticed afterwards that the back of the paper was opaque and completely blocked the light but it was too late!
The paper was already permanently embedded in the resin! I will take this as a lesson learned to not overwork my art in the future. I chose to not add this box to my exhibit in the Myhren Gallery. I am re-doing it, but not in time for the show.
It was late at night and I was putting Box 2 (my self-portrait) up high on a shelf where there was more room. No one was there to give me a hand and it was super heavy and I was exhausted and I dropped it. It fell on the floor and the wood frame broke. Oddly, the inside (plexi-glass with the layers of resin) popped out in one piece. It seemed almost miraculous! Since the frame was ruined, I made another box with Craig's help along with Dan's advice to make a niche in the wood all the way around that would help hold the image in the box. After I sanded the edge to make it fit better, this concept totally worked.....!
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