Shrine to the goddess of mascara, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) remains a goddess* today as she was during her brief time with us. Her continuing optimism was a beacon for all of us. Her sincerity was almost as remarkable as her mascara — or…
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Superman Mini-Shrine
This is a pocket shrine to Superman. It’s in the lid of a Pringle’s potato chip canister. You know, those clear-plastic snap-on lids. My vision was a dimensional night scene of Superman flying over Metropolis, with a reference to Clark Kent’s day job at The Daily Planet. How to make a pocket art shrine like…
Prosperity Pocket Shrine
This is a workshop sample that I created, showing a pocket shrine in an embellished matchbox. The photo on the left shows the outside of the shrine, and the right photo shows the matchbox, opened. For this shrine, I used a plain matchbox that I covered with some Chinese newspaper. I glued a hare (rabbit)…
Art and Alchemy Pendant Shrine
I created this pendant shrine for a friend. The symbols in it are specific to her interests. When I started this project, I knew that I wanted to make a pendant/shrine using a matchbox, a Premo-covered book, and strung with hemp and glass beads. The results are fabulous! Here’s how it looks: the Ishtar shrine/pendant…
Otherworld Shrine
This is a pocket shrine, created for a shrine exchange hosted by Patty Harrison in the UK, September 2000. Artist’s statement: This box represents the “other” world. It’s the fantasy land of the faeries. In legends, it’s a world similar to ours but also different. The black sky represents the darkness people travel through to…
Superman Shrine – Pringles Lid
You can make a small shrine using a Pringle’s potato chip lid. Here are some general instructions to create the base for the shrine. My Superman shrine is illustrated at left. It was created using very small artwork–some of it original–and a Pringle’s potato chip lid. You know, one of those clear plastic snap-on lids…
Art and Science of Pocket Shrines
First you start with an idea. Well, maybe. It’s where most people begin. You know, “Oh, I MUST make a shrine to chocolate!” Or Elvis, or Russell Crowe, or Barbie, the Banana Splits, or the Planet Melmac. But where you should start–and of course, we never do what we should–is with the container. The container…
Elvis Matchbook Shrine
You can never have too many Elvises! I made this shrine from images I scanned from a deck of Elvis playing cards, plus some glittery wrapping paper, a plain matchbook, and a few phrases related to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The “matches” are three layers deep. I folded a couple of them over,…
‘Create’ Pocket Shrine (winged)
Tags can combine with other elements to support wonderful, pocket-sized shrines. In this shrine, I wanted to use familiar elements such as a matchbox, but make it a little quirky. I’d already worked with many traditional matchbox shrines. This time, I wanted to deconstruct one. This shrine was made with the cut-up-and-reconstructed inside of a…
Creativity Pocket Shrine
This is my pocket shrine to creativity, in a matchbox photo of pocket shrine This pocket shrine started as a small, plain matchbox that I covered with plush black velvet and glittery purple silk ribbon. The background image inside the box is a scan of a goddess figure, plus scans of my tubes of oil…