The Great Unlocking: Keys 2082 - 2096

I made a digital poster based on keys from this 5000 Keys project. It was tremendous fun! I altered photos of the keys using a variety of apps and created the poster in Canva. The poster background came from Canva…initially I questioned including a background that someone else created. Is that fair? Is this still my work then? Is this like using decorative papers that someone else designed in a collage I create? I sought advice from an artist I admire and respect and agreed with their thinking that yes, I can use these digital designs and tools to create something new and call it my own. I also questioned whether or not I could count each key in the poster as a new key. In the end I decided to do that. Because I am actually creating these digital key images and because - let’s face it - 5000 is a lot of keys!