Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame Tennessee_landscape A vintage bone ring is

A vintage bone ring is sewn to the back for hanging

It already looks like an heirloom quilt with its eclectic collection of fabrics and crinkly coziness that appears once it has been laundered the first time

It has the original hinged wire easel back

I’ve painted for years

but I moved the tension springy thing back in place and it’s fine

Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame Tennessee_landscape A vintage bone ring isThis artwork is handmade, hand cut, and hand woven using a variety of old papers. The background is an old French paper with shades of red and pink with purple handwriting. The hand is cut from aged, stained paper. The heart is from an old French graph paper that had a few stamps attached. I used a vintage embossed paper from a Christmas card for the cuff. Antique velvet frames are getting harder to find at affordable prices. This one is elaborately