The theme for this month at The Sketchbook Challenge is "Cabinet of Curiosities." At first, I thought this simply meant collections similar to what a naturalist might own. Then I did a bit of reading, and I realized it was more about a collection of the odd and inexplicable. So, I embraced the fanciful and created this drawer from my cabinet of curiosities. It was fun and easy, and I could see expanding the "skeleton moth" into a Dias de los Muertos piece. I could also see making another drawer in a different style - mixed media collage and acrylic paint. Luckily, there's still lots of October left to play with this theme! What would you put in your cabinet of curiosities?
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
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I love your cabinet of curiosities! the bone with eyes is tied with moth man and skeleton moth as my favorites! Happy PPF!
a great CoC you display. i'm glad you looked into the definition - i wasn't sure myself! i will have to think about my own CoC....
I had a look at the link first because I wasn't sure about how many odd things we have. We certainly have lots of little hidden curiosities though, I find looking under the couch is the best place to find such things!
I'm with Amy....though behind the couch is a good place in our house!!
Fabulous work, Rinda :) At the moment mine would include 'broken bone'... ;)
Well now, we actually have a trunk of curiosities which came from my FIL when he died. It has the initials HP on the front, so the kids used to pretend it belonged to harry Potter; and inside it is stuffed with genuine curiosities like Great Grandpa's false teeth and a mysterious glass eye!
A mixed media Cabinet! Oooh, I hope you do that, it would be fantastic.
This is wonderful Rinda! We sing a song 'dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones...at my singing group. Now I will have a different picture of the bones in my mind!
ooh that moth is scarey and reminds me of the Deaths head moth from Silence of the Lambs
Jo xxxx
What a fun theme to work on for October. I think you are off to a really great start! Happy PPF
Love these bones Rinda. What an imagination. Very nicely done. As for my bones, right now they would be called::Those arthritic bone::
Tee hee, but it hurts. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope your soulmate is doing so much better.
An amazing idea, Rinda. Looks like you had a bunch of fun creating this.
Clever and creative interpretation neck bone connected to the ear bone... Tee here!
Creative and imaginative, fun and original, love it! HPPF!
such a clever idea and I love how you drew it!
Very interesting concept! I'll have to think about this one.
I used to have a bit of a cabinet of curiosities obsession... I loved them... and you have captured them beautifully...xx
These are fun and perfect for the theme!
Looks like you had fun with that theme!
Fun piece. I see Lynn beat me to the Neck bone connect to ear bone comment. lol HPPF
So creative and original and whimsical!
Wonderful!
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
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Now this is a wonderful cabinet of curiosities. Where do you get your ideas from? And I agree, this could be developed into a wonderful Dias de los Muertos piece.
I like your sense of humor.
Quite the imagination, this could double for Halloween fun too!!
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This made me smile :) I love it!
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