create a collaged suitcase

Ok I decided I didn’t want the manga in the suitcase and I had a need to fill. I needed somewhere to keep my witchy things neatly, so I have removed the manga from the case and I smoothed it all over by actually coating the inside in several layers of Gesso! Gesso is a liquid that you use to prime a canvas. So if I decide to paint inside the suitcase I can, I have a clean white surface in there now and I may start collecting little pictures and things related to witchyness to paste in place on there. It may become a mix of collage and painting.

going to cover up my manga (I don’t even know it enough to be a fan) with brown paper which will eventually be covered in a tarot theme and the outside with tarot and astrology theme, and then I’ll pack a quilt, book, and tarot cards and go sit in a park and offer free readings.

I removed the inner lining and broken remnants of arms that used to hold up the lid while packing, and wallpapered the inside of the suitcase with chinese manga. :) Gotta decide how I want to do the outside. I may be sawing the face off a manequin and applying it with glue/paper mache’ for a 3d look on one side. I can add features to it with paper mache’ but this will be a project to finish after the move.