......so saturday afternoon i began to combine them with a few other "hangers on". the sides of an old wooden box, knobs from old cupboards, rusty wire, a doily that must have had a lot of use....it is so soft & thin & some new metal letters. more to come.......(raylee).
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." - Helen Keller. (raylee).
" I think it pisses God off if you walk past the colour purple in a field somewhere and dont notice it." - Alice Walker, " The Colour Purple".
.......after washing, the yellow in the right hand corner. the colour lost a fair amount of its intensity in some places, but remained strong in other areas.
So.......what to use it for ?......as there was only a small amount i covered some bits of styrofoam with pieces of the fabric to make the centres for some paper flowers. torn book pages, paper doilies & crinkled brown paper became the petals. rusty wire for the stems.......pushed through the styrofoam & twisted at the end.....
I wanted to create a flower to compliment this metal vase that i found at a garage sale earlier in the year. also i am trying to use things that i have collected over the years, ......if i have kept them for a reasonable amount of time i must like them ......so they are coming out to be used. maybe not always in the way they were intended to be used , but given a new lease of life. like the books that never get read......i found myself reading little bits & pieces of these pages .....after i had torn them.
(raylee).
......more soon. What have you have you been making/doing? (raylee).
Before washing......
This is how it looked after it had dried. the colour is strong , i will wash it again in the washing machine .....see what happens. do you have any ideas on using such a piece?.... i look forward to your thoughts. (raylee).
