Create a time-line / checklist: This week copying and laminating - Next week: buy or beg materials - Two weeks: covering display boxes with matching paper - Three weeks: collect books matching the display....
Be careful with your fingers (blow - blow) the glue is very hot and you easily get blisters
Each object needs its own space. Think of a shop window that is more than full with appliances, you can’t distinguish one object from the other, while carefully placed objects attract the attention.
Dance of the tigers – Drama and theatre
Striped yellow / pink fabric
Red curtains pulled to the side
tiger masks
Welcome to the theatre
where dreams
are possible…..
" Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forest of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? "
William Blake
This display is a slightly different version from the 'Dance, Divas and Drama Queens' display I've made a couple of months ago. Just add some new materials and within 1/2 an hour you give the display a refreshed look
What you need:
- Red velvet fabric for curtains
- Pink shiny fabric for edge of curtains
- Striped fabric for background – matching the colours of the curtains (I bought it at an emporium for a couple of dollars)
- Wrapping paper – reddish purple for background and curtains
- Black card for the second half of the title at the middle of the stage
- Tiger masks (emporium)
- A4 sheets with wood pattern for floor boards – Google images / Creative Commons
- Title – I used the title from the previous display
What to do:
- Make the title. Use letters from previous displays or use Word and print new ones. I had to do a bit of 'crafting' to create all the letters I needed. A couple of letters were not available but with a bit of imagination, doublesided tape and a pair of scissors I got it sorted…
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- Staple the purple/pink wrapping paper to the board. Top and left and right part only
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- Cut the red velvet fabric into 10 cm wide strips – 4 on each side
- Cut the pink shiny fabric into 10 cm wide strips – 1 for boardering each curtain
- Fill the spaces between the velvet strips with crunched wrapping paper – staple to the board
- Fill the middle part of the 'theatre' with the striped fabric. I stapled it right over the background of the previous display (see photo below)
- If you use letters from previous display titles as I did, get all the titles (or letters) out of the boxes and sort them. I had to craft the A and the plus sign because they were not available. With a little imagination and the help of double sided tape and scissors I quickly fixed that problem….
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Add the title to the bottom part
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Staple the floor boards to the bottom of the stage
- Cut the curtains to just under the top part of the floor boards
- Staple the striped fabric to the board between the pink curtains
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- Staple the masks to the board – I used a series of the same masks but contenplated a veriety as well (am still a bit dubious about my choice)
- Staple the fabric in a knot under the tiger's chin to give it motion
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Put the book shelves in place and arrange the books on them
This is a great display to show books on art – dance – music – celebrities – theatre – filmstars etc.
Get your creative juices flowing and go 'on-stage'
Filed under: Animals, Celebrities, Cultural - art, Dance
And.....Keep an open mind for unusual, funny or cartoon-like images in magazines, books and daily papers like the image above that was featured on the front page of Canvas magazine, Cut them out or copy them and store them for when you need inspiration. One unusual image can be the base for an imaginative display. You don't need to do all the hard work yourself.
You can hang little objects like birds, light bulbs, little books, art objects etc from the frame. Voile fabric draped over the frame will give it an extra elegance.... let your imagination run wild and try it out!