Music-of-the-Night Wall Hanging

I don't remember where I saw it, but following one of our theater visits we walked into a small shop next to the theatre. There they had a number of play related items hung on the wall ... playbills, music, memorabilia.
And then there was this artistic piece which included a ticket stub, playbill cover and a "trinket" affixed to the outer frame to add depth to the piece.

This memory inspired the sample shown here. I scanned sheet music from Phantom and printed the music on a sheet of SUPER COLOR ART CANVAS. Then I printed another piece of music on SUPER COLOR SHRINK.
Next I printed a copy of the Playbill on SUPER COLOR SHINK as well as an enlarged image of the "mask."
The items printed on shrink were then placed into a toaster oven and shrunk to their final reduced size. I matted the Art Canvas and then placed it onto a wooden base.
Next the Playbill was creatively affixed to a piece of shrink on which music was printed. Actually, the base onto which the playbill cover was affixed was a piece of shrink which "stuck together" in the toaster oven. Rather than disgarding it, it became a "support" for the playbill. The "playbill" came out of the oven perfectly flat.
Finally the mask, which I shaped slightly while it was still warm, was glued in place.
And that's all there was to it.

I have to admit this is one of my favorite samples ... and I really did make it all myself !
Steve Singer

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