Hanging It Up

Michelle Ward's November Crusade #46 is about framing, hanging and displaying our artwork.  Although I should take this further and actually follow the advice and start putting stuff up in my house, I took this challenge and used it for a gift giving purpose.

Normally when it comes to special birthdays, anniversaries or weddings, I tend to give a small handmade token on the package or else present the gift with a handmade card.  I've always sort of thought that gifting a framed creation would be a bit presumptuous, as if I actually expect the recipient to hang it up on their wall.

But the perfect occasion arose to do just this.  A colleague of the hubby who I've known for years was turning 40.  This is the same guy who said he wished I would do the artwork for every room in their dreadfully decorated company after my hubby hung up my CMYK canvas in his office!  What artist would ever get tired of hearing a compliment like that?  These are the same guys who work with Roland, my friend who asked me to make the New York artwork for his wife's 40th.  Surely this was a sign...

So instead of my standard plain-old birthday card, I worked up an A4 journal page.  The German word for printing is "Druck" so I made up a hybrid of "print" and his actual last name.  So of course this really doesn't make sense unless you know him and then it's quirky and clever.  The other element that's meaningful is the use of the color bar from a printer's sheet. These are normally trimmed away from the pages but since these guys do color proofing it's an appropriate element for the office.  I bravely slapped it into a manly black frame and then I crossed my fingers in German.

The day after his party the hubs got a message, "tell your girl that I'm totally happy about the collage that's going up in my office!"  Greetings, Druckert

 

 

 

 

Comments

[michelle ward]

TJ - wow! That is so cool. Love hearing the background about the piece, and that it went up on a wall! Very fun piece. Thanks for sharing with the team!

[Anne]

That's fantastic! Good validation for you. This piece has a very 3-dimensional effect that I like.

[Veronika]

Oh, this looks really, really good, I love it, I want to see more of your work framed and up on the wall! :)
I've been really bad with my drawings, still haven't got round to framing any at all but when I see how great your work looks it might just give me a kick up my backside and make me go out to shop for some frames.

[Jenny Lee Wentworth]

This is really cool TJ! Lucky guy to get a tj original! Thanks for signing up for my little giveaway, I'll put your name in twice!
I'm thankful for your friendship. :)
♥Jenny

[robin]

TJ, I am NEAR TEARS! I am so happy for you my friend-keep moving to the outer limits of fear dear one...

[Cindi Picou]

I'm glad that he liked his birthday gift - and that you weren't afraid to make it for him! That is very cool, and very confident. Fabulous!!!
Cindi

[Regina]

Bravo! Great that you gave such a wonderfully personal gift & in a frame.
Love the results.

[iHanna]

Love it!

[Debra]

Thats fantastic TJ, well done!! And those colour bars fit in perfectly.

[Helen]

Great piece, love the stitching by the way and the colors are so cool.

[Rosemary Griffin]

That is one fabulous piece.