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- We're going to begin composing our

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shadow box by creating some kind of

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background, and I like to just attack

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the very back layer, so this is going

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to be our foundation that we'll build

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our shadow box from moving forward

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towards the glass.

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I've gathered a couple of images

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that could be potential backgrounds.

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Given the elements that I've collected

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and these images, it's going toward

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a nature theme.

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I could use a more neutral background

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that's in this gray or black and white

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pallette, but I think I do want to go

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with an image background.

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You don't always have to have an image

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to create your shadowbox with,

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but I've selected ones that are kind of soft,

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and have slight abstract quality to them.

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And so I think I'm going to play

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between these two.

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And I can keep this, or collage with this

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later, or save it for another shadow box.

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Open this up.

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Just pop this back guy out.

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When you open the back of the frame

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you'll have the piece of paper which

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is too thin to really build off of,

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so we'll set that aside.

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And then this one comes with a matte

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and it's pretty sturdy, so we'll actually

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use this as a surface to build from.

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It doesn't matter that it has a hole in it

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because we're gonna cover that up

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with a photo.

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You can actually use this and cut into this

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if you wanted to create some kind of

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decorative border as the back part of your

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shadow box, but we're just going to use

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it as a surface to build from.

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This particular frame also has this piece

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in it, which you can actually use to

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build off of.

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You can glue like little animals

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and thee dimensional objects on the bottom

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or on the sides, using this little component.

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We will use it in some way in the shadowbox,

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but you do want to remember that it's there

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because it takes up space in this overall shape.

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So you can leave them in frame or set it aside.

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This is the surface that we're going to build

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off of for our background.

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Obviously there's also this hard back board that comes,

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but I don't like to build off of this surface.

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I like to just save this and keep it for the back,

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just because I feel like things tend

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to get a little clunky otherwise,

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so we're gonna build off of this guy.

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And I've got my two images.

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I wanna see which one I want to use.

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This is where this little piece can be nice

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because it can help you frame out your image.

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And if you don't have this, that's fine.

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You can always bring the frame back.

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Make sure you hold in the glass, to kind of

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give you an idea of what things are gonna look like.

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I think this is a really pretty image,

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but it's a little dark, and I think

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this one is gonna evoke more of the feel

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of what I want to convey of this box.

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When I started collecting images and objects

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for this shadow box, I was thinking about

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what kind of theme or narrative I wanted

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to convey in the shadow box itself,

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and this is a good way to edit

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down your collection.

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You might have a lot of different elements,

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and you want to think about how you're

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going to bring them together.

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These two photos I took while I was

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driving back from Santa Cruz,

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and I took the long way home,

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which is through the Redwoods,

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and both of these images have a really

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soft and open feel, but this lighter one

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is a little bit more airy, and by choosing

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and image for the background that starts

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a story, that's one way to kind of

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determine what objects that you might put

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into your box as well.

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So I have an image that's starting to

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evoke a little bit of a feeling

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and create a narrative, and then my objects

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will tie off of that.

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So I pick this lighter image.

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I need to cut it down so that it fits

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into the box.

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And I'm just gonna eyeball and center

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it, and then flip it over,

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and just with a pen or pencil

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I'm just gonna make some make some marks

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so I know where to cut this.

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I'm just gonna cut along the line.

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You can see that this image doesn't

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go all the way to the edges.

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I could have blown this up, but I

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actually like a little bit of the white border.

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I'm gonna create a beginning extra layer here

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and some texture on this background.

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We're gonna use Washi tape to attach

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this to the background, and if you

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haven't used Washi tape, it's a low tack

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decorative paper tape.

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It's slightly translucent.

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And it works really well for just paper

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to paper adhesion.

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I'm just taping right over the top,

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you can see how it's a little bit

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transparent there.

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And I like this because it's gonna add

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a little bit of texture.

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Also slightly reminiscent of adding a photo

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into a photo album or scrapbook of some kind.

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Just kind of like that.

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I Don't need to worry about the top and the bottom

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because they go right to the edge of my matte.

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See where I want this.

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But I might add just piece down here,

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just for some balance.

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And a little bit of yellow.

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You can cut this too.

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I always pretty much tear my Washi tape

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just because I like the torn edge look.

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You want to get it there.

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Once your image is done, you've just

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secured the background layer, we can

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start adding more elements to begin

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creating some dimension.