Second Life Ornament

The Process I Create

Each ornament in this collection starts as a hand-painted illustration on acid-free watercolor paper. These original paintings were once part of my growing archive—carefully created, later digitized, and used in my clipart work collection.

Instead of leaving them stored away, I return to these originals and begin again.

I carefully cut each figure by hand, preserving its form while gently releasing it from its original background. Using archival adhesive, I then assemble it onto a new paper surface, giving it space to stand on its own—literally and visually.

They become something that you can hold in hands and feel it, that can be held, displayed, or even hung—like these delicate ornaments, suspended by a simple string. Each one carrying its own personality, now given a new stage to exist.

What I love most about this process is to represent the joy when I was working on them.

The original brushstrokes remain.
The paper continues to preserve them.
And the act of cutting and assembling becomes a second gesture—one that reshapes the story without erasing the past.

Even the details that accompany each piece matter to me.

The small info card you receive is not just a label—it’s a record. It tells you where the piece began (“hand-painted illustration, later digitized”) and what it has become (“hand-cut and assembled using archival materials”). Each ornament is numbered, quietly marking its place within the series. Nothing is mass-produced, so every piece is slightly different, please be aware of that. When you hold one of these pieces, you can feel that's only been created for you.

Second Life series-- Ornament

• Original hand-painted artwork (not a print).

• Hand-cut and assembled .

• Archival materials for long-term preservation

• Each piece is unique

• 4"x4"