In the time since the last posting, I've been in "production"...
...AND creation :-)
PRODUCTION
Brooches
....brooches....
...and MORE brooches!
...all of them printed and hand-stitched.
Then .....
..remember these?
...my Spirit Brooches from last year...
..well they've now morphed into...
..Flame Spirits, especially for the festive season :-)
The molded clay pieces...
Storks and houses...
Country lasses and deer...
Country lads and archery gear...
Cockerels and a kind-of Santa man..
Dogs and another kind-of Santa man...
..and ...of course...Angels!...
...have all been painted, and will be given the final treatment soon.
Then they'll be mounted on ......
...well,....that's a secret for now :-))))
(I'll show you next time).
CREATION
After my visit to Artique...
..I got all fired up and in a "tribal" mood again!
As I said before, I always have a number of things on the go...
...like these...
...that I have been pootling on with for quite a while.
I got a bit fed-up with the plain background colour though...
...so I put some in a plastic bag with some Procion MX dyes...
...and they came out like this.
..which I've now started stitching to a larger background panel...
..and will add lots of different bits of fabric...
...stitched with Indian/Pakistani/Afghan tribal designs.
This activity will keep me happy in the evenings when production has ended for the day...
...and creation time can begin :-)
Just one more bitty for today...
...a little while ago, I was mooching about on EBay, looking for some nice tribal textiles.....
(as you do)
...and came across a shop selling textiles from Uzbekistan.
"What a find!" I thought to myself...
...lovely embroidered and woven pieces...
..and especially some amulets...not too expensive either..
So I put in a couple of bids...
...and didn't win! :-(
Then I tried again a bit later...
...same again :-(
..then I bagan to notice...
...that no other pieces were bid on....
...only the ones that I was interested in...
Was it because the start bid was low?
"I'll try a more expensive one!" I thought...
Same again.
I eventually came to the conclusion that someone somewhere was pushing up the bidding!
I watched the shop for a while longer, and NO-ONE bid on anything at all!
The shop has now ceased trading....
...wonder why?!!
Sorry...
..I'm rambling a bit....
Anyway, those amulets...
I decided to make some myself instead!
Aida 14 dyed cloth..
..Perle 5 cotton..
..lovely zingy colours...
EYES STICKING OUT LIKE ORGAN STOPS!!!
These things take AGES to do!!
WHY oh WHY?! ...
...do I do this to myself??!!!!! :-O
