It occurred to me that I have not posted about this piece. I consider it my bead journal for August and September. How is it that I worked on this for two months and never posted about it? The seashell is the largest shell that I have ever found on a beach. I almost didn't keep it because it had lost all it's colour and was only white. Not very interesting. However, I do love to rescue/upcycle things so I brought it home from the Bahamas. I painted it with nail polish and love the way it turned out. I also painted some large buttons with nail polish for this piece.
All the beads, buttons and shells were stitched to hand-dyed wool. I will be using this piece for an altered book cover. I am leaning towards putting all of my six-inch square water pieces into this book.
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This is really very interesting. How did you adhere the shell to your felt?
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea, I had a friend drill a hole in the shell. I stitched the shell onto the felt through that hole and I also stitched strands of beads over to help anchor it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a pretty seashell amongst sea glass.
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