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Here are a few more designs that didn't make it into production. First up, cherries that always reminded me of earrings!
These two used origami paper for the collages. The following two were made with my hand-printed papers.
The turquoise "gingham" paper was printed with a block made with adhesive-backed foam. I printed horizontally, re-inked and printed vertically. I made several of these blocks with various widths of stripes.
I have a thing for gingham - it's fresh with a graphic edge. Might still do something with the gingham paper down the road.
Next, here was yet another attempt to work with postage stamps. I have so many (mostly gifted) and, to me, they are small works of art. Started with handmade Khadi paper in cream and tan. These little rectangles were the perfect size for notecards - loved the natural deckled edge.
After stitching the postage stamp to the Khadi paper I chose coordinating threads and stitched a loose angular border. But the changing out of the top thread was tedious. Pretty sure this is why I gave up on this design! With hindsight I should have had several cards on the go at the same time and stitched the same colour on each card before proceding to the next colour.
Remember the Mushroom series from a while back? Here are two designs I didn't pursue.
This mushroom didn't quite fit with the other mushrooms shapes. And it was fiddly to create. The fringed black edging was a separate piece and had to be cut for each individual mushoom cap. But I still really like this one. The paper was just right. And that was another issue - finding a print with a mottled area and a stripy area. (I was really trying to use up prints I'd already created - I have such a mountain of collage paper!).
It was easier to find papers for these Shaggy Manes.
Again, I liked these little guys and they were really fun to make! I'm can't even recall now why I felt they weren't quite right for the series. That's how it goes. Decisions are made and we move on. It can be educational - and interesting - to look back now and then. Thanks for following along and I'll see you in the next post. Cheers!
