Kitsch Christmas Ornament (Christmas, 2005)
In 2005 an art gallery called the Maryland Arts Place was having a call for entries based on the idea of doing kitsch-style artwork. Well I decided to do a few digital photos featuring some of my dolls I currently have in my doll collection doing stuff like playing Scrabble or playing cards. I subsequently got a rejection letter from MAP regarding my entry but then invited me to create a special kitschy ornament and bring it to decorate the gallery's Christmas tree at the artists reception that was scheduled for last Friday. So I hit upon an idea where I had my Volks Dollfie Dream doll cuddle a tiny nutcracker (which was really a Christmas tree ornament that I bought during a local store's post Christmas clearance sale back in January) while I snapped a couple of photos. Then I went to Michael's Arts & Crafts and purchased a Sculpey ornament kit where you created special ornament frames to put a photo in the middle (after the Sculpey is baked and allowed to cool). I brought my ornament to the gallery in Baltimore on the same night that MAP was holding a Christmas party and reception for the artists whose works were accepted into the Kitssch exhibit and I hung it on the gallery's Christmas tree. (Click here to read more about the night that I attended this reception.)
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Original photo that was later used in the ornament. |
Original photo that was later used in the ornament. |
Front of the entire ornament. |
Close-up of the front of the ornament. |
Back of the entire ornament. |
Close-up of the back of the ornament. |
Front of the ornament tag. |
Back of the ornament tag. |
A shot of the Kitsch Christmas Ornament as it hung from the tree in the Maryland Arts Place during the Kitsch Exhibition artists' reception in December, 2005. |
