Pastel Pic is Finished - with a "Trashy" Mat!
By Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4469)
May 2, 2026 1:09pm CST
Hey All, hope everyone is having a good Saturday. I finished the pastel piece on Thursday, and yesterday, I made a custom mat for it. Because the theme is to show the damage caused by our lack of care for the environment, I made the mat from used candy wrappers (Hershey's Kisses, specifically) to represent garbage. So I made it look bumpy and uneven, as though it were piles of garbage surrounding the piece.
So if you think it looks trashy, then I did it right!
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@allen0187 (59864)
• Philippines
12 May
Looks good!
Love the idea of using used candy wrappers. Gives it an appropriate feel and character.
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@allen0187 (59864)
• Philippines
13 May
@AliCanary where will this piece of art end up? Is it up for sale?
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@AliCanary (4469)
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14 May
@allen0187 it is! It's currently in a gallery show, priced at $185, framed. I don't know if it will sell bc our economy is rotten au gratin, but it is a fair price.
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@AliCanary (4469)
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12 May
Thanks! I was saving them to use for collaging and other art projects, but I knew if I could make them look very lumpy and tattered, they would do a pretty good job looking like garbage.
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@LindaOHio (223152)
• United States
3 May
That's amazing as usual. I like the "frame" idea. Kudos!!!
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@AliCanary (4469)
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6 May
Thanks! I was saving the wrappers to use in collages, but then I got this idea, and i liked it!
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@AliCanary (4469)
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6 May
Thank you! Of course, I'm sneaky, because I *recycled* the wrappers into a mat 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17249)
• China
3 May
Well done !The mat produces the desired effect.
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@AliCanary (4469)
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6 May
Thank you! I really sacrificed, eating all that chocolate 
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