I bought an old mirror in a junk shop. I was attracted to the simplicity and width of the frame. I painted the frame with gesso before using matt acrylic medium to collage layers of black and white patterned paper and photocopies of a waxed paper with text on facts about fish and chips that I had acquired, with permission, from a fish restaurant in Jersey. For the next layer I drew the outline of fishes with a felt tip onto tissue and applied. I then added copied word game tokens and made up linked words that all connect to eating, drinking and fish. After this I added more tissue fish outlines, painted the edges and gave the whole frame a layer of acrylic wax to make it more durable. It is now destined for a funky kitchen or dining area!
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| Close-ups of some of the detail around the mirror. |
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