are much underrated, as I'm discovering as I learn to work with feathers, furbelows and frills... This is a prototype silk paper and feather flower for a fascinator. I love its exuberance. I'm also grateful for having done a few floristry classes; there is a lot of similarities between hat making and floristry, when it comes down to it. and learning how to wire things properly has been a real bonus. Now, I have to put this lot to one side, and contemplate it for a while... where will I add the beads (for there will be beads...)? Are the colours appropriate? Does the silk paper require more stitch (yes, probably). Is the construction method right (no, not yet, but I know what to do about it).
Am I having fun? Hell, yes! And developing skills in one area, means that you automatically improve in all the others...competence is like a net; improve your handling of one type of material, and the whole of the net will shift, improving your handling of others, too... And it encourages you to be open to new things. Go on, you know you want to try something new... what's stopping you?
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Love the colors and arrangement. And I have to add - great job photographing! The photos are great, excellent lighting and sharpness.
Thanks, Heidi!
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