{"id":5208,"date":"2026-01-06T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:48:27","slug":"stars-and-stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/stars-and-stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars and Stripes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This piece was commissioned for someone that breeds Bettas and he was trying to get them bred in time for the fourth of July. He succeeded.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I used a sheet of thin wood paper from a cigar box to create this Betta.\u00a0 I etched the fins and scales using a pointed metal file.\u00a0 I used acrylic paint for the fish and the background.\u00a0 I created the water rings using silver metal leaf.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stars and StripesCigar wood paper, acrylic paint and silver metal leaf inside a cigar box This piece was commissioned for someone that breeds Bettas and he was trying to get them bred in time for the fourth of July. He succeeded. I used a sheet of thin wood paper from a cigar box to create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,240,31],"tags":[39,49,148,238,171,173,196,239],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigar-box-collection","category-commissions","category-hot-off-the-easel","tag-acrylic","tag-acrylic-paint","tag-art","tag-betta","tag-cigar-box","tag-cigar-box-art","tag-commission","tag-stars-and-stripes"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4763,"url":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/cigar-box-lids-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5208,"position":0},"title":"Cigar Box Lids Part 2","author":"jenniferlang","date":"01\/13\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently this turned out to be my nod to Cillian Murphy, who stars in the movie Oppenheimer.\u00a0 I enjoy his work. 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