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Practical art!
Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 11:35am

As I was taking pictures for sock thread, I realized that I could take a few pictures of my another practical artwork. This is our key cupboard. Early this year I bought a plain, unfinished key cupboard from a local hobby store. After a paint job, it ended up being something quite original.

The door: four elements, Tree of Life, ouroboros snake...it's all in there!

Overview of the inside

Guardian

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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 11:48am That's so pretty!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 1:34pm You are quite talented! Great idea for the key cupboard.
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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 10:02pm Wow, that's really neat!
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NaturalRogue Emerald Offline Dancing at night playing the music of human soul Posts: 427 Dallas, TX Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 11:43pm I truly like the cupboard. Were the images done free-hand or did you use a template? You've got me thinking that a fun project might be adding guardians and little critters inside my cupboard doors.
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khrome Stardust Offline 1bM/Ciii Posts: 1035 santa barbara, ca Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #5 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 4:38am I love it! Especially the little details - like the corners, the repeating pattern on the sides (yet each side is different from each other), and the little touches on the inside. Cynde
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Galadriel

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Re: Practical art!
Reply #6 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 5:43am

Thanks everyone! Cheesy

I've made everything free hand. I found inspiration from ornaments of medieval manuscripts- most of my motifs for this project are from there. It was a lot of work- Scandinavian minimalism is so not me- but I loved making it.

NaturalRogue, I plan too that if I get a chance and it suits the atmosphere of our next house, I am going to paint some decorations around. I love painting little critters...

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gabi Ex Member	Re: Practical art! Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 7:09am Galadriel!!!! I love this. I'm pre pumped because I do love to do this kind of thing myself. The critters, especially the dragon - he's is a hoot. I do love pattern too. Good going Lady 8)...g
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greek_lady Diamond Offline Carpe Diem Noctemque Posts: 698 Greece Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 7:12pm I want to see them too! All I get is red x's I'm sure it's lovely
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divewench Ruby Offline Posts: 96 Pacific Northwest Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 11:09pm Galadriel, it really is quite beautiful. But, am I the only one here who looked at it and thought: "Hmmm, with a little modification, that would make a great hair toys cupboard...."
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NaturalRogue Emerald Offline Dancing at night playing the music of human soul Posts: 427 Dallas, TX Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #10 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 11:27pm OH...My...Gawd...! I can't believe none of us thought of that! What a brilliant idea!
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PreciousLocks Diamond Offline Turning my gold to silver one hair at a time Posts: 812 Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #11 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 1:15am Beautiful work Galadriel! I am so jealous of artistic talent. A hair toy cupboard - what a great idea!!!
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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Practical art! Reply #12 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 11:03am I actually have a wooden box I'm planning to paint and line with satin and then put hairtoys in there. Just waiting for time& inspiration to come...
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #13 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 4:59pm That's so beautiful, Galadriel Looks like a lot of patience and a lot of planning too! Did the cupboard really come with a key? Anais
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MillieBelle Ruby Offline Cowboy Take Me Away!! Posts: 86 TN Gender:	Re: Practical art! Reply #14 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 5:12pm That is beautiful, Galadriel!! I absolutley love it!! I wish I could paint like that!
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