I've spent time the last few days finishing and tweaking a few of my projects that were abandoned for one reason or another.
This fused fabric mirror, for example, felt a little flat and lacking so I didn't think I would hang it in the show. But with the extra time I had it's now good enough and ready to hang.
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This is the before....and the photo looks better than it did up close in person....it's usually the opposite. After I made it I wished the lines weren't so straight so the transitions were a little softer.
After auditioning several things between the colors including small strips of solid hand dyed fabrics and various fibers I decided to go with a thin black accent using pearl cotton thread. I thought it gave it a sort of a stitched outline look or even a stained glass effect. And it made the straight(ish) lines look a little more intentional.
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When I was in Maine I cut lengths of the pearl cotton that would wrap around....carefully dipped them in matte medium and laid them on each seam pressing them down to make good contact.
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Once it was good and dry I did the same thing to the sides wrapping the threads to the back...this time applying the medium with a toothpick. I finished the back and attached the mirror today and had to take it outside this evening to get enough light to get a decent picture. There you have it....a tweaked mirror...I'm calling it "Rainbow Connection."
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