Crafting Personal Shrines: Using Photos, Mementos & Treasures to Create Artful Displays

by Carol Owen

Product Description:

Creating a personal shrine is a meaningful way to commemorate special moments and people, and an artistically satisfying project, too. Carol Owen, a shrinemaker for more than 20 years, offers easy instructions and inspiring photographs that will guide anyone through the process. The work begins simply, with a basic frame for mounting treasured mementos. Then, learn how to create doors, shelves, drawers, and other architectural features. There are suggestions on embellishments to personalize the shrine, and even ideas for possible objects to include. In addition to the author, 8 renowned shrine artists provide hands-on information about how they created their distinctive structures, and another two dozen experts offer insights into their creative practices. The vibrant gallery of work will spark anyone’s imagination. A Selection of the One Spirit Book Club.
The author lives in Pittsboro, NC.

Subjects: Handicrafts, Arts And Crafts, Body, Mind & Spirit, Crafts / Hobbies, New Age, Decorating, Body, Mind & Spirit / General, Crafts & Hobbies / General, General, Handicraft, Household shrines,

Reviews:

Easy to make shrines
This is a nice book to have. Even if you are not making the shrines yourself, it's still very useful for getting pointers on decorating premade ones. I once bought 90% off aroma therapy sets that came in wood cases with glass doors that are just perfect. Really stunning projects! By the way, one of the tag suggestion for this book is occult. What???

An Inspiration
This book was an inspiration and a joy. The author gave easy to follow basics and direction to personalize a "sacred house". If you have any creativity at all it is easy to grow from the basics to your own unique artist statement.
I felt the directions were very precise and the matching photos helped clarify any questions I had. It was easy to adapt dimentions to my own needs. Just realizing I could use foam core rather than wood opened a door for me (I have no woodworking skills and always avoid sewing machines).
I have made my first house and I am delighted that the items I had squirreled away in various boxes and drawers are now on display to memoralize my family tree.
I am a multi-media artist so it was a joy to find a use for all the strange materials and unique items (that "spoke" to me) I had gathered over the years. I'd like to give a genuine thank you to the author.
Lynne

Interesting...
This book is an introduction to making personal shrines. I would have liked to see more examples from working artists who create shrines for their work versus craft-type examples. Overall, I am still happy with this purchase.

Crafting Personal Shrines
The book gave beautiful pictures and detailed instructions, a bit complex though...good thing im a shrine artist already, I have my own techniques with the same materials which is MUCH Simpler..

I learned a few new tricks I may use sometime!

Let YOUR talents be stimulated by these inspiring *crafters*
Shall we accept a faddish definition of the word *shrine*? Author Carol Owen presents the concept of *shrining* in her book (now in paperback) - - as an extension of the popular hobbies of scrapbooking and collage. The book is a glossy compilation of many crafters who use 'found' articles & paints, photographs & aging techniques, and many quirky embellishments to suggest what is primarily fiction. The "stories" exist for the most part "in the eyes of the beholder."

The preference of Reviewer mcHAIKU happens to follow more closely dictionary definition #3: an object or site hallowed for its associations. As such, a shrine might clearly show its roots in the work of Joseph Cornell, and in this time of many yearnings *real* themes could be chosen with shrines built to celebrate them, and/or the people/icons associated with them. For example: Women's Rights; Heroines of Unpopular Causes; Global Warming; History of Minimum Wage; Water Rights.

Each would be deserving of the considerable time & talent demanded of the craftspeople. Nineteen share in Owen's book what they consider to be an artform. Many details are given, tips and sources for materials: and by going to carolowenart.com more colorful examples are found. Many readers will be inspired to try out their talents & discover great satisfaction in the results.

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