Wednesday, April 11, 2012

An Inspiration Board

I'm still working through the assignments from a class called "The Art of Wild Abandonment." Week 3 took students out of their sketch books and art journals and into three dimensional  projects. I'm not sure I'll do all of them, but I did like the idea of creating an Inspiration Board.  I started with a canvas board, covered the bottom third with napkins and a drapery sample, painted the top part black and then placed some fantastic cotton lace across the middle. I've been saving that lace for a special project and this is it!  The key was covering the lace with clear gesso, so that it becomes stiff enough to hold inspirational items:
I can also pin things onto the lace if need be. I plan to hang it over my desk.  Do you have any kind of inspiration board?  Blog friend Sian has this very cool wire-filled frame which she uses as a mood board.  What about you?

12 comments:

helena said...

what a great way to use a lovely big piece of lace.

I used to have a frame covered in link wire with clips attached as my inspiration board (looked better than it sounds). At the moment I only have a digital one

Amy said...

I am not so good with collecting ideas, I am hopeless with utilising pinterest to its full capacity and I have never successfully used a pin board - hmmm, I was given a lovely pin board a couple of years ago for a birthday present, time to hang it up I think!

Nordljus said...

What a wonderful job, it looks great! I'm just using a white painted pin board, but with me, these things always just tend to get cluttered.

debs14 said...

what a pretty way of storing inspiration. I don't have any such thing, but think that maybe I should!

Sian said...

Ooh, this is lovely! I can feel another pinboard coming on lol.

Cheri said...

Very pretty Rinda - I love the butterfly print! I have a pin board right above my computer desk that I made as a knock-off from what you see in the Pottery Barn catalog.

Lauren said...

Maria - I'm SO glad you stopped by my blog. It's been a long time since I've been blogging and I was trying to remember the blogs I read in the past and yours was one of them! Yeah!

What a beautiful inspiration board!

Irene said...

Hey Cuz, Love your inspiration board. I usually cut pictures from magazines that inspire me and throw them in a drawer or in a folder. I definetely need an insirational board. Thanks for this great idea. My head is full of ideas for my board. Can't wait to make one this weekend.

scrappyjacky said...

I don't have one....but it's a great idea....I probably need one!

Alison said...

Very pretty Rinda....love the lace and the butterflies!
Alison xx

alexa said...

Lovely to be able to give that lace such a prominent place! I have a plain white magnetic one: very simple.

ComfyMom~Stacey said...

Very nice! I have a note book where I keep sketches & decorating ideas. Plus I use Pinterest more than anything these days as my idea book