花の妖精ジオラマカード
Diorama or Shadow Box?
I made a flower fairy birthday card for an old friend because loves flowers. It is a diorama style card, although I’ve also seen people calling this style a shadow box. Is there a difference or is it just a different name for the same thing? If you have any ideas, please let me know in the comments section. :-)
お花が好きな昔からの友人に花の妖精のジオラマカードを作りました。シャドーボックスカードとも呼ばれているようなのですが何か決まりがあるのかな？もし詳しい方いらしたら是非コメントお願いします。
Monochrome Embossed Cover
I wanted to make the colours stand out when the card was opened. For this reason, I chose a monochrome cover.
開けた時に色を際立たせたかったので外はモノトーンでまとめました。
Cicely Mary Barker
The fairy is from a stamp that came with a magazine. It is by one of my favourite British artists, Cicely Mary Barker, from her Flower Fairy Collection. The flower stamp is by Tim Holtz and the butterfly and message stamps are also came with a magazine.They were coloured with watercolours and finished with gold glitter.
妖精は雑誌の付録に付いてきたスタンプ、大好きなイギリスのアーティスト Cicely Mary Barker 花の妖精です。花のスタンプは Tim Holtz、蝶やメッセージのスタンプも付録です。水彩絵具で色付けしゴールドのラメをのせました。
The Layers of the Diorama / Shadow Box
I took this photo looking down from above, so that you can see it consists of a background plus 3 layers.
上から見るとこんな感じ。背景プラス3層で構成しました。
The Diorama / Shadow Box Opened
The fairy, butterfly, and gems are attached using fishing line. As a result, they seem to float when viewed from a couple of steps away.
正面 妖精と蝶、ジェムはテグスを使用。ラインがクリアなので飛んでいる様に見えます。
Fits in a Standard Sized Envelope
A message can be written on the back of the card. I sized it to fit in a regular 6″x6″ envelope.
Happy birthday, Miki! x
裏にはメッセージが入れられます。通常の6×6の封筒に収まるようにサイズを決めました。
美紀ちゃん、お誕生日おめでとう！
Footnote
This is what Wikipedia has to say about shadow boxes.
While shadow boxes have a strong tradition in military history, they are also frequently created purely for artistic goals. Shadow boxes are sometimes built by amateur crafters, as a way of preserving and presenting artefacts of historical or personal nostalgic value.
American artist Joseph Cornell constructed many shadow boxes during his career, with the works evoking a strong sense of nostalgia, decay, or loss.
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_box
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This is a lovely! I’ve never made a shadow box card. It looks fairlystraight forward (famous last words) and I’d love to try it. Mind you, I’m not sure when! I still haven’t made the fairy house you inspired me to try. I need 48 hours in the day!
Thanks, Kathryn! Yes, it is fairly straightforward. The most important thing is the layout and trying to visualise how it will look after everything has been assembled. You should give it a go when you have managed to negotiate those 48-hour days! x
Will do. Just don’t inspire me to want to do anything else in the meantime please ;-)
Haha! I sometimes feel that I should concentrate on one thing, but it is fun trying out different media and styles!
This is beautiful, Nozomi! I love that you used the monochrome cover. It must be have a real impact when you open the card and there is so much colour!
Thank you for the lovely comments, AJ! x
A truly magical creation & so colourful … Steph x
Thanks, Steph! x
Another beautifully magical creation. Emmax
Thanks, Emma! x
Wow! That’s just beautiful! Clever lady!
Thanks, Denise!