In the past I?ve had mixed feelings about shadow boxes, they?re used to display memorabilia, sports jerseys or shell collections, that sort of thing. I?ve come around on this style of frame for wall displays now that I see them in a new light. If the subject matter of the shadow box is simple, I?m in.
I wanted to change up the mantel scene with a creative new art project. I decided on palm leaf shadow box art after spying this black and linen version at Pottery Barn. I gathered some faux palm leaves and an artificial monstera leaf, painted them shiny black, mounted them on linen and displayed them in shadow box format to create high contrast dimensional art.
 

I found a smaller shadow box at Michaels (art on the right) but couldn?t find an affordable large size shadow box for the palm leaf trio, so I made a shadow box using an IKEA RIBBA frame and trim from Lowe?s. Details on how below.
There are several shadow box art displays you can buy, many of them at a high price. My inspiration was the black palm leaf from Pottery Barn, but it costs $399.

 

gold palm / white palm
golden palm trio
Those other versions are expensive too, so I decided to recreate the look (and add my own spin) for a lot less. My cost was $50 for each piece.

 
Supplies to recreate: faux palm stems; spray paint; shadow box or IKEA RIBBA frame + ¾? trim from home improvement store; linen fabric; spray adhesive; masking tape; hot glue + hot glue gun; garden shears to trim faux stems.
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