I was commissioned to do a desktop inspirational piece on leadership recently. The parameters required fancy paper and something subtly rebellious. I found deckle edge recycled cotton paper, and did a design in Adobe Illustrator that says “Leadership is helping others grow” with custom mirrored leafy vines. The dot and dash borders are actually morse code and the bottom line says “let me work”. The top line uses more colorful language.

The paper went through my inkjet printer beautifully. I painted the leaves with various colors of iridescent inks, so each piece was unique.

I then suspended the finished paper in a purchased desktop frame that uses two sheets of glass slid into a slot in the side of the frame. I really like the look of suspended art, especially with the lovely raw edge of the paper.

This design is also now available on my brand new TeePublic site!

Site note: My slide over to the blog title: Critters and Craft seems to have worked. The old link ofchickensandcraft.home.blog links to the new crittersandcraft.blog domain. Gotta love dynamic labels.