Tuesday, August 18, 2015

More fun with feathers

Having sent my five wall pieces to the framers last week; I have turned to actually finishing the books for Under Construction.

I was pleased when I had finished the print-making and the stitching, twigs and additions to the pages, but now I need to make the covers and to make the actual books.

So I have covered my boards with a beautiful book cloth.

I have stitched my feathers onto fragments of vellum.






I love the featherishness of this one in particular!


And I have even attached the vellum+feathers into the niches I had created on the front covers.


It was a fine day playing with feathers, now to attach the pages to the covers and we shall have five books...

12 comments:

  1. What a splendid idea and so beautifully done!

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    1. Thanks J - they are simple and elegant aren't they? And I think they add a certain something rather than leaving the cover plain. Fingers crossed!

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  2. F - love what you have done with these books - great contrast between the structure of the covers and texture of feathers twigs etc. b

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    1. Thanks B - trying to get everything to work in harmony can take its time, but I hope it will be worth it.

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  3. AS ALWAYS FIONA, YOUR WORK IS BEAUTIFUL, LOV'IN ALL THE NATURE THAT YOU ARE USING IN YOUR WORK, THEY ARE WONDERFUL BEGINNINGS OF SOMETHING TRULY AMAZING, YOU ARE SO INSPIRING

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    1. Thanks Kate for your enthusiasm - so pleased you are enjoying this little meander of mine. I love nests and all that they offer, and it has been a delight to work with them as a subject. Go well.

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  4. isn't vellum the most beautiful material to work with?

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    1. It is indeed Mo - putting ink and gold upon it is pretty special; and I like the sense of gravitas it offers as well. Go well.

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  5. mmmm these are looking really lovely and I am one of the few who have seen just how delicious this work is. x

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    1. Thanks Susan, they are edging closer, painfully slowly, but almost there! They have been a real delight to spend time with and see what happens next...

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