Buried Treasure

 Seth over at The Altered Page has invited/challenged art bloggers to go into the depths of their blogs and dig for buried treasure. Each participant was asked to repost one (or more) of their favorite posts from their blog.

 The post I've selected  is from Sept. 17th, 2007 and very aptly named:

Tiny Treasures

I love miniatures - I really admire handcrafted pieces filled with detail. I've tried my hand at making a few tiny treasures over the years. I want to show you one I made for my sister Beth - she has recently lent it back to me so that I could take a few pics.

  I gave her a necklace consisting of a chinese lantern and a few glass beads on a leather cord. Tucked inside the lantern are the  details of a wonderful story I found in the magazine Awake! It's a story of a girl, raised in China, who was given away at 3 yrs. of age because her family was too poor to feed her. The family who took her in put her to work in their rice paddies and she never went to school. When she was of age she was given, in an arranged marriage, to a man who owned a Chinese Restaurant   in the U.S. where she was expected to be a "charming and gracious" hostess. She bore 7 children in a little over 9 years and soon after, suffering from exhaustion and seeing no way out, she had a "breakdown" and tryed to take her life. She was rushed to the hospital though and recovered. From here the story takes an amazing upward turn as a kind, white-haired lady comes into her restaurant, The Red Dragon . . .

     Inside this nutshell version I included a book containing her life story (complete with pockets containing pictures and letters from her life), a menu from The Red Dragon (as I imagine it to have been), a small folded paper fan, 2 tiny Fortune Cookies (with "fortunes" giving clues to the outcome of the story) and a little doll I made from wood beads. 

I love miniatures - I really admire handcrafted pieces filled with detail. I've tried my hand at making a few tiny treasures over the years. I want to show you one I made for my sister Beth - she has recently lent it back to me so that I could take a few pics.

  I gave her a necklace consisting of a chinese lantern and a few glass beads on a leather cord. Tucked inside the lantern are the  details of a wonderful story I found in the magazine Awake! It's a story of a girl, raised in China, who was given away at 3 yrs. of age because her family was too poor to feed her. The family who took her in put her to work in their rice paddies and she never went to school. When she was of age she was given, in an arranged marriage, to a man who owned a Chinese Restaurant   in the U.S. where she was expected to be a "charming and gracious" hostess. She bore 7 children in a little over 9 years and soon after, suffering from exhaustion and seeing no way out, she had a "breakdown" and tryed to take her life. She was rushed to the hospital though and recovered. From here the story takes an amazing upward turn as a kind, white-haired lady comes into her restaurant, The Red Dragon . . .

     Inside this nutshell version I included a book containing her life story (complete with pockets containing pictures and letters from her life), a menu from The Red Dragon (as I imagine it to have been), a small folded paper fan, 2 tiny Fortune Cookies (with "fortunes" giving clues to the outcome of the story) and a little doll I made from wood beads. 

Comments

[m. heart]

I'm so intrigued by how much you've fit in that tiny lantern, both physically and in the spirit of the story. Great post.

[kate heshan]

hey thanks for visiting me because now i have found your ultra creative, colourful blog. the feeling is mutual. nice to *meet* you.

[elk]

what an intriguing post from your buried treasure...i am so happy I was able to read this post , I enjoyed the photos you took with it!

[Robyn]

What a dear little miniature you've made and I did so enjoy the story. Now I want to know what happened. I get the feeling it is a happy ending to a sad story.