Help me solve my problem!!

@tovagoldart

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Summary

The creator is asking for advice on how to fix the back of an art piece she made using leftover resin and foil. She is debating whether to remove the hearts, add a black backing to hide the glue, or hang it on a wall.

Structure

1Introduction of the art project and the problem
2Close-up of the messy back of the art piece
3Explanation of the materials used
4Brainstorming potential solutions
5Request for audience feedback

Call to action

let me know what you would do

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Help me solve my problem!! YESTERDAY I MADE THIS AND NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM. I bounced between this and the ✌️ while waiting for my adhesives to set up Making Art from shit I already own! YOU SEE THE ISSUE? I WAS GONNA GO INTO IT, BUT YOU COULD SEE IT ALREADY. SO I MADE THESE HEARTS AND THEN I FOILED THEM AND I LOVE THEM. LIKE, HOLY SHIT, HOW CUTE IS THIS, RIGHT? OKAY, THE PROBLEM IS I BOUGHT THIS AT AN ACRYLIC STORE MAYBE EIGHT YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEEN SITTING HERE WAITING FOR ME TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT AND I DO. I DO. LIKE, THERE, I LOVE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS NOT THINKING OR THINKING OR NOT THINKING OR THINKING. BUT THE BACKS OF THESE HEARTS THE GLUE IS WAITING TO DRY, SO THAT'S ALL JUST WHITE GLUE. WELL, THAT'S PROBLEM NUMBER ONE IS THE BACK VIEW. LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? HOW DID I NOT THINK THIS THROUGH? YOU GONNA DRY AND THEN IT'LL LOOK, YOU KNOW, MORE CLOSER. CAN WE SEE THIS? THIS IS SO ANNOYING. IT'LL LOOK MORE CLOSER LIKE THAT WHEN THEY WILL DRY, EXCEPT THAT THEY'RE LIKE DIFFERENT COLOURS. CAUSE IT WAS LEFTOVER RESIN THAT I JUST POURED INTO A MOULD. AND THEN I'M LIKE, OH, I CAN, I CAN JUST FOIL IT AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THAT IT WAS JUST RANDOM ASS LEFTOVER RESIN COLOURS. BUT EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW. THEY'RE GONNA KNOW. MORE IMPORTANT FROM THE TOP, IT'S SO COOL, BUT SUCH A FUCKING WASTE, BECAUSE IT. OH MY GOD, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND ALSO SO FREAKING TERRIBLE. AND NOW I'M SO SAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND PART OF ME IS, LIKE, PULL THOSE HEARTS OFF BEFORE THEY'RE FULLY CURED AND, UM, LIKE, REFINISH THE BACKS AND NOW I'M LIKE, OH I CAN EVEN LIKE WRITE SOMETHING IN THE BACK. LIKE, THAT WOULD SHOW UP AS LIKE A SECRET HIDDEN MESSAGE ALONG THE EDGE, THAT WOULD BE SUPER COOL. THIS TO BUY ANOTHER ONE OF THESE JUST TO DO THIS OVER WOULD BE, LIKE, SUPER EXPENSIVE. THIS WAS IN LIKE THEIR DISCOUNT BIN FOR SOME REASON AND IT WAS LIKE 15 BUCKS, WHICH IS WHY I ALREADY HAD IT. SO I'M NEVER GONNA DO THAT. I'M NEVER GONNA REDO THIS. UGH. BUT IT'S. IT'S SO COOL AND NOW AT LEAST, I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS. I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS. PART OF ME IS THINKING TO, UM, LIKE, TAPE OFF, LIKE AN INCH ALL AROUND FROM BEHIND, AND THEN PUT MAYBE, LIKE A BLACK FOIL SO I STILL GET THE EDGE, BUT MAYBE IN THE BLACK FOIL IT'LL, LIKE, NOT REFLECT. I SHOULD PUT A PIECE OF BLACK FOIL THERE AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. OH, THERE'S MY LOVE LANGUAGE. SHE'S CUTE, RIGHT? UGH. LOOK HOW PRETTY. WHAT A FREAKING WASTE. I MEAN, UNLESS I JUST, UNLESS I EDGE IT WITH BLACK. I DON'T KNOW. HELP. WHAT DO I DO? LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT HOW IT LIKE IT'S LIKE A MIRROR ON THE BOTTOM. IT'S SO FREAKING COOL. ANYWAY, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO. THERE IT IS, BEHIND ME. UGH. EVEN FROM FAR IT'S COOL. HUH? THEN I WAS THINKING MAYBE I COULD PUT LITTLE, UH, D RINGS BEHIND TWO OF, LIKE THE TWO LAST AND FIRST HEARTS AND THEN HANG IT SO YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S BEHIND AND YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S ON THE TOP, CAUSE IF IT'S ON A WALL, BUT THEN YOU LOSE THE LIGHT, THE LIGHT'S REFLECTION. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

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Replying to @Tubbs AWLSOOOOOO, the peace sign is getting close to done. Every single project has its own problem, solving shenanigans. #artist #mixedmedia #reallife #goldleaf #acrylic

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Transcript

Help me solve my problem!! Yesterday I made this and now I have a problem. Let me explain. So this is part of my series Making Art from shit I already own! I had the, there you go. You see the issue? I was gonna go into it, but you could see it already. So I made these hearts and then I foiled them and I love them. Like, holy shit, how cute is this, right? Okay, the problem is I bought this at an acrylic store maybe eight years ago and it's been sitting here waiting for me to have the confidence to know what to do with it and I do. I do. Like, there, I love it. I don't know what I was not thinking or thinking or not thinking or thinking. But the backs of these hearts, the glue is waiting to dry, so that's all just white glue. Well, that's problem number one is the back view. Like, what's wrong with me? How did I not think this through? You gonna dry and then it'll look, you know, more closer. Can we see this? This is so annoying. It'll look more closer like that when they will dry, except that they're like different colours, cause it was leftover resin that I just poured into a mould. And then I'm like, oh, I can, I can just foil it and no one will ever know that it was just random ass leftover resin colours. But everyone's gonna know, they're gonna know. They're gonna know. More important from the top, it's so cool, but such a fucking waste, because it. Oh my god, it's so beautiful and also so freaking terrible. And now I'm so sad and I don't know what to do and part of me is, like, pull those hearts off before they're fully cured and, um, like, refinish the backs and now I'm like, oh I can even like write something in the back. Like, that would show up as like a secret hidden message along the edge, that would be super cool. This to buy another one of these just to do this over would be, like, super expensive. This was in like their discount bin for some reason and it was like 15 bucks, which is why I already had it. So I'm never gonna do that. I'm never gonna redo this. Ugh. But it's. It's so cool and now at least, I can't believe I did this. I can't believe I did this. Part of me is thinking to, um, like, tape off, like an inch all around from behind, and then put maybe, like a black foil so I still get the edge, but maybe in the black foil it'll, like, not reflect. I should put a piece of black foil there and just see what happens. Oh, there's my love language. Peace. Cute, right? Ugh. Look how pretty. What a freaking waste. I mean, unless I just, unless I edge it with black. I don't know. Help. What do I do? Look at that. Look at how it like it's like a mirror on the bottom. It's so freaking cool. Anyway, let me know what you would do. There it is, behind me. Ugh. Even from far it's cool. Huh? Then I was thinking maybe I could put little, uh, D rings behind two of, like the two last and first hearts and then hang it so you don't see what's behind and you don't see what's on the top, cause if it's on a wall, but then you lose the light, the light's reflection. What would you do? What would you do? I am open to suggestions.