A Man of Industry

 Hi everyone.  It's already another middle of another week. I hope you're week is going well.

Today it's time to post another page for Neet's In Gear challenge at Art Journal Journey. I always seem to get a lot of pages made since I work on multiple pages at the same time. Not at the exact same moment, but you add something to one page and then  it needs to dry, so I start another page while waiting.  ETC.  And since we are in the last full week of the month, I want to make time to post all the pages I have yet to link up to AJJ for Neet's challenge. 

Today's page is not one of my top favorites, mainly because I think the man could have been trimmed a lot closer. Sometimes it's a tough  decision whether to trim images down to their edges or whether leaving some plain areas (around the image) will look better in the finished collage, especially since I don't always plan out my final page before I start attaching the pieces. Of course a tough decision is really a relative term since in the big scheme of things, it's not really a tough decision.

I think of this man as Hiram Whitestone. Hiram owns a factory, and he's at the age when he's starting to wonder if all the time he spends at the factory and in his office is worth it. His true love is his horses, and every day when he's sitting at his  desk making and taking phone calls, he looks at the trophy and the bronze sculpture he has on a shelf across the room.  And on the day this page is referring to, he checks the clock and sees it is only a little after 10 AM. He thinks it's going to be a long one.

The background is collages with some washi tape, some tissue paper, some scraps of paper and an assortment of images.  I used a Sharpie to outline the edge, and I also stamped the quote.

Besides his horses, Hiram also has a whole collection of cars. His factory must do pretty well. 😏 Hiram also has a son, Hiram Jr, and it is the little Hiram  that I used on my latest tag. 

I'm linking my tag up to Sandie's A  Form of Transportation challenge at Tag Tuesday.

I made my background with ink and some messy deli paper (that I painted and outlined on). I added the 2 lines of washi tape to cover a paper seam, but the car stamped images didn't stamp very well on it. Since I probably couldn't line up the stamp images again, and since the washi tape  had matte medium over it, I left it like it is. 

Hiram Jr. looks like he is either used to getting his way or that he just loves to go for rides in any one of his Dad's cars. He even got himself dressed up for the occasion. 

I hope Hiram gets some horse time and Hiram Jr. gets his ride.

That's all for me. Have a great middle of your week.