Artistic Homemade Romantic Gift: Lovers Intertwined

Without knowing how to draw, you can create an artistic homemade romantic gift by framing a surrealist calendar print in a shadow box. The effect is magnificent, especially, as in the drawing "Bond of Union", by M. C. Escher, where I created this artistic homemade romantic gift by cutting out the background from the romantic heads of the lovers.

Suddenly, the flat calendar print acquired the illusion of a 3-dimentional figurine; as if my artistic homemade romantic gift was a sculpture instead of a drawing, an effect enhanced further by the framing of the shadow box.

Despite its exquisite beauty, this artistic homemade romantic gift is astonishingly easy to make. You'll need to buy an M. C. Escher calendar (found in calendar stores online and in malls), or find a copy of the print online and purchase or print it. To complete this artistic homemade romantic gift you will also need to buy a shadow box or make one. In this article, I will go over all the steps required to make this exquisite, yet simple, artistic homemade romantic gift, which I completed in 20 minutes.

Step #1. Cut Out the Surrealist Image

All the beauty of this artistic homemade romantic gift depends on how well you separate the heads of the lovers from the dark background. I used a sharp utility knife, and I worked on a wood cutting board. Because the artistic homemade romantic gift was meant to focus the eye on the lovers, I decided to disregard any of the floating bubbles which didn't overlap over the heads.

Step #2. Find a Shadow Box

This artistic homemade romantic gift depends heavily on the shadow box display. You can buy a cheap shadow box at a craft store, then stain it, as I did, for a dramatic mahogany finish. You can also build a shadow box from window casing cut at 45 degree angles.

Step #3. Finish Your Artistic Homemade Romantic Gift

Using simple tape, attach the cut-out image to the back of the shadow box. If any part overlaps, cut it away.

And that's it. Your artistic homemade romantic gift will look stunning on a bookcase, coffee table, or office desk. You can also glue the image of the lovers in an ornate wood box (as I did in the last picture), to create a homemade romantic gift for storing love letters. Finally, you can even turn this M. C. Escher painting into the most romantic candle in the world.

Be sure to add romance to your evening with these famous love-poems or short classic love-poem, and make your lover a homemade romantic poem-scroll to cherish.