I delivered my contribution to the 3rd Annual Wine Box Art Show benefiting the Zebra Coalition about a week ago.  I am so very pleased with the final product, but I don’t want to reveal it until closer to the fundraising event.  In the meantime, I will post a few “sneak peek” images and brief explanations of the creation process.  Remember my sugar skull project from last week?  Can you guess what project that sugar skull was for?

This week’s images are from the sides of the wine box.  My inspiration for this year’s wine box was the Disney Pixar film, “Coco.”  I decided to turn my wine box into an ofrenda – a space where family members can honor their deceased ancestors.  I needed to age the wine box, so a mixed up some black and brown acrylic paint with water and created a wash.  I covered the entire wine box with this wash a few times and then let it dry in the very hot Florida sun.  I then used a mallet to round out the corners and edges to make then less crisp and new-looking.  I also dragged the wine box across some rough cement on my back porch which helped to distressed the wood.  After all that, another round of washes and drying in the sun.

I painted cute sugar skulls on each side of the wine box.  I also decided to stick with a simplified color pallet – one that would reflect the Dia de los Muertos festivities and also stand out on the dark wash of the aged wine box.  I chose orange, dark and light purple, silver and white.