I?m a big fan of sculptural white art and objects, I find myself drawn to them like a moth to a flame. Over the years I?ve spotlighted favorites, like how much I love botanical bas relief or that time I made these clay jewelry holders. I even find myself sculpting ceramic bowls to look like ripples in sand.
I set my mind on giving a little corner of our home a glow up, specifically the wall above the family?s laptop desk. I wanted to add a few art prints but also something interesting and dimensional. In my search for something beyond just framed art, I spied this shadow box botanical art at Pottery Barn and thought I?d make myself a far less expensive DIY version.

 
 
My version turned out very similar, but I used faux boxwood branches instead to create my artwork.
 
 

 
The process was pretty simple, there?s only a few things you need to recreate this art project: a set of 8? shadow boxes, boxwood (or similar) faux botanical stems, plaster of paris, white spray paint or white spray primer, mixing bucket, and a hot glue gun.
Once the shadow boxes arrived (2 day delivery on Amazon) I went to Michaels in search of botanicals that would fit inside my frames. I settled on one $5 boxwood stem, brought it home and clipped it into three parts.
 
 
I dipped the stems in plaster of paris and let it dry on wax paper. A little tip on dipping, make sure you gently shake the stem for about 60 seconds so as much of the excess drips back into your bucket of plas...