Comments on: Altered Cigar Box Idea… Revisited

By: Pamela Spicer

Pamela Spicer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:44:38 +0000

Tara, I really appreciated hearing your thought process on the altered cigar box. It really helped me understand how you think through the creative process and development so that you have a meaningful and beautiful object. I think this will really help me break out the collected stuff and make it into real objects of art and expression – the kind of results I really want to turn out. Thanks.

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:22:43 +0000

Hi Sandra. Thanks for your compliment on the cigar box. It was a fun project for sure. For one box, which was more of a sturdy cardboard and not wood… I only painted the edges of the box so that I wouldn’t have to bring the paper around the corners. (The box was a bright green color on the corners which I didn’t want to come through). I slightly roughed up the smooth surface with sand paper just so my paper would adhere stronger. I cut the paper down to size and used a good quality scrapbooking glue stick to adhere it. On another cigar box, that was wood, Again, I just painted the edges a color I wanted them to be because I covered the rest of the box with paper. I did also sand it very lightly.

By: Sandra Bryan

Sandra Bryan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:49:06 +0000

Tara, Lovely cigar boxes. Please tell me . Did you paint the boxes or just leave the wood as is. And how did you do the papers on the outside? I have cigar boxes that I am making for Christmas presents. Thanks.