One of the weird developments of the past few years is the upward mobility of everyday crafts. This craft world draws consciously from the collage/assemblage/surrealist traditions (Joseph Cornell is a big favorite) rather than folk art (e.g., chickens and flowers and Pennsylvania Dutch). This makes Michaels a suprisingly good place to find materials for building props.
Above is the shrine interior in progress. The tin letters come from Michaels and are sold for use in scrapbooks. They are rusted with Sophisticated Finishes rusting products also sold at Michaels. The black background is cheap acrylic paint from Michaels. What looks like white calcium deposits is gesso undercoating purchased at Aaron Brothers.
The photos of children come from collage supplier Mantofev (mantofev.com). The ribbon comes from a scrapbook I purchased on Ebay. The cross comes from the San Gabriel Mission and is going to be augmented with cheap crosses from Michaels. The spinner segment, like the main spinner, was lasercut by pololu.com and rusted like everything else.
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