You know me and challenges - can't ignore 'em. Plus, I am so list oriented that I don't feel like I can break my multi-month string of entries in the Art Bead Scene Blog monthly challenges. But I saw this month's inspiration piece and thought, "No way! Too hard!" However, I underestimated the power of my brain wanderings during long meetings and long commutes. Seriously. A colleague mentioned how quiet I was during a meeting (a meeting where someone said, no joke, "we represent the laser community") and I laughed knowing that mid-laser discussion I had been figuring out a piece that would suit this months inspiration - drama medallions from Radio City Music Hall:
During my day dreaming I remembered the cape thing as orange, and my idea was to use an Alisha White glass disk, so I decided that I wouldn't take the inspiration literally. Then I decided that I liked the disk off set a little, and it became a lot less literal. Emma, my muse, helped by throwing down the term surreal, "You know Mom, non-representative art." (Note to self, send appreciation note to elementary school art teacher who taught 10 year olds the term "surreal"). As I played with the wire wrapping, I needed to add a second layer to help with the structure, and Emma declared it as adding to the surrealism. (Love that girl in a big way!)
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That is a really awesome design! I love that the center bead is off a bit. That adds some great visual interest. And those springs! Wow! (I just cheat and use the ones from the hardware store!)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the day!
Erin