TIF March 2008

My TIF challenge piece this month uses SharonB's concept and colour scheme (well, OK, I swapped a couple of colours). She writes,

Do you ever notice the little things, the small moments, the details in life? This month's challenge is to do just that, pay attention to the tiny details. Sometimes the small things become emblematic for something larger.

In Toronto last week I walked by this window display at the Mokuba ribbon shop at 575 Queen Street West, a bit hard to see in this photo due to the glare on the window, but it gives you an idea.

These three simple, yet beautiful hangings, made of coloured ribbons, inspired me to create something that would capture this small detail of a walk in the city; a colourful window display on a snowy, white winter day. This is the little thing that got me started on my March TIF piece.

First I played around with a couple of strips of paper painted with acrylic, twisting them in different ways to see what kind of patterns I might get.Above is an example of something I liked.	Then I painted some brown packing paper in several colours, the purple, green and gold are from Sharon's colour scheme, though they darkened up considerably when they dried.
Dried and fused the paper and cut it into strips.	Starting to play...
...going somewhere...	...adding the last strips of twisted paper ribbon.

Et, voila...

Ribbons on Queen Street
Acrylic, paper, raw canvas
fused
16 x 19"
March 2008

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