'Messy Kindness' Altered Art Tin

Open this tin to discover a gold moth clouded in glitter and a tiny removable journal.

The moth reminds you: "Life is short: leave no unlovely word unsaid." It serves as a reminder to the owner to be kind, always, both to yourself and others. The journal is empty for you to fill in with anything you like.

This is portable art. Art that grows along with you as you travel. Small art. Talismanic art. Amulets. Memory boxes.

The outside of this tin is layered with hand painted papers.

I create these diorama displays in tins that are covered with my own artwork. Each one is handmade, containing a kitschy combination of anything from origami paper butterflies to Sylvanian Families figures, recycled textiles, and religious objects.

Each altered tin story box arrives carefully gift wrapped with a handwritten explanation of the process and objects inside.