Gallery Nine
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Tissue Rectangles
With Cutaway Label Reveal
The effect of this wrap was great. The gift box was wrapped first in white. A computer-generated label was placed in the center. I then gave it a tissue wrap. Two bands, red and gold, of tissue "ribbon" were added horizontally. Tissue ribbon is made by folding a wider piece of tissue in thirds, so that the edges are folds, not cuts. Next I added two strips of pale green ribbon. With scissors I made two slices (a "x" shape) in the tissue wrap, revealing the label below.
Lastly, I applied a ribbon around the edge of the box, and constructed a "ribbon candy" layered bow with the remaining length of ribbon.
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Sculptural Trim
I placed a postcard onto a white wrap. I trimmed it with two shopping-bag handle strings and the glued four twigs onto the endss of the package.
Contrast: light/dark. Flat/dimensional. Glossy cord/flat printing/white paper/natural material.
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Cord Trim
I continued my studies in cord gluing. I applied a fragment of a press-proof to a whitewrap. One could use almost anything for this fragment: magazine or mailer fragment, wrapping or wall paper fragment. I then glued decorative cord around the fragment, looping the remaining cord into a handle, useful when giving the gift to the recipient.
Contrast: light/dark. Flat/ dimensional. Colorful/white. Pattern/ blank.
Easy: Few pieces.
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Diversity of Visual Textures
One page of a surf magazine. One page of a stamp flyer. Black and red fragments for labels. Gold Ribbon. And a fragment of chromed metal. This rap relies on this diversity of materials, all but ribbon alien to regular wrapping materials.
Contrast: Diverse materials.
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Angled Bands
A white wrap was gradually cover with bands of paper: a calendar image, red metallic shopping bag, and a blue gradation. Then two dimensional elements were added: a white shopping-bag cord and a carved twig.
Contrast: abstract/ photographic. Red/green. Diversity of textures.
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3 Bands plus Ribbon
The top piece of paper is the same mettalic red shoping bag you may have seen on a variety of wraps here. The second piece is something much harder to come by: a sheet of artist's palette paper covered with acrylic paints. And last of all, a piece of newsprint from Karachi. Then I added one band of green ribbon. And some office-supply dots for labels
Easy: This is easy. You just have to have the odd papers.
Contrast: diversity of textures. Red/green.
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One Piece
The wrap began with a white wrap. As usual, I was improvising; I had no idea what direction I might go in. The gift was for an architect. I saw in my paper drawer this image, from a brochure, of the Frank Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum. On it went. I added complex gold ribbon on the two white ends. Done.
Easy: Yes, because I had the right piece of paper..
Contrast: silly gold ribbon/ serious art photo.
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