Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Apple Blossom Wall Art

A natural theme to follow bamboo paper shadow boxes for me is a branch of apple blossoms. Years ago I had a co-worker that spent hours practicing Chinese Brush painting and she specialized in two compositions - bamboo and apple blossoms. Once I had completed my bamboo shadow boxes using my Silhouette cutter, I knew my next exploration would be apple blossoms. This one took me little longer to create a composition that flowed naturally. I knew it had to be a horizontal motif because of the subject matter.

I think this tryptic would look lovely on the wall at the head of a double bed covered in a white duvet and piled high with lacy pillows.


I also varied my technique with this design. The branches are all on one level whereas with the bamboo and birch projects I used two levels. But in this design I crafted each blossoms individually and affixed each to the branches to create added depth.


I am thinking of tinting the blossoms every so slightly with pick watercolor.

Here are my other two variations of this technique.  I expect more to come!

Birch Tree - Link to original post

Do you have a favorite?


6/11/2013 Update! The cutting files for this project are now available at the Silhouette Online Store here and a tutorial for using the file is located here.

©2013AshbeeDesign, Marji Roy

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14 comments:

  1. I Saw this one Facebook and my immediate comment (out loud) was "Oh my goodness Mom!" These are beautiful. However, I happen to know you don't have a wall that shade in your house. How did you take the photos?

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    1. You haven't seen your bedroom in awhile, have you? :-) Glad you like the shadow boxes.
      (Really I mounted richly colored large paper on the wall and photographed on that. The last two shadow boxes were on the sage green wall and I wanted some variety!)

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  2. These are awesome! I like the blossoms best.

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  3. I pinned the same cutouts!!! I love what you did with yours and how you made them horizontal. :)

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  4. I love them all! I really like the blossoms, but the bamboo ones would fit into my home really well too! :) Sharon

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    1. I take this as vote two for the apple blossoms. Thanks for visiting and voting.

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  5. Oh my, these are lovely! The apple blossom is my favorite. Very cool project! Hope you can stop by the enchanted oven to say hi.
    xo,
    Lisa

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  6. These wall art pics are really nice. Good job on them!

    Missy Inspired
    http://missyinspired.blogspot.com

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  7. They're just gorgeous! I love the apple blossoms!

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  8. You are awesome - these look so pretty!

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  9. Wow - the apple blossom wall art is my favorite yet!! So lovely. Thanks for sharing this at Romance on a dime!!

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    1. I think I like the bamboo ones best but the apple blossoms are unique because of the horizontal orientation.

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