A few weeks ago, we visited the local pottery "Töpferei auf dem Jackenhof" where I also got my happy yellow mugs last year (and yes, I still love them so much and use them all the time). Although I was just the company this time, I couldn't resist to get at least a little something, in this case a small vase in a beautiful blue and shaped like an egg with a broken off top.
I showed a picture because I have friends who also love pottery and one of them said she wondered what hatched from it.
Now I found out! It's a little surprising, though, I had expected something bigger ...
Whenever I'm learning a new technique, my goal is to try and combine it with my previous techniques.
Obviously bead embroidery is the easiest one to mix with hand embroidery. Just throw some extra beads on there, right?
Like so many of my pieces, this tiny hen was completely unplanned. I had a small piece of linen and wondered if I would like working without a frame. The inspiration to make a hen came from a cartoon I had seen shortly before.
Of course there are things I would do differently now. I would have planned in to pad the hen, so the silver edging wouldn't sit on the top even if they are size 15 beads. I would not have used the thicker felt to stabilize the linen and my hen would have got a beak that's more visible. My only excuse for making it ecru is that it was late at night and I just grabbed something without thinking.
After all this was just meant as a small experimental piece originally, I hadn't even thought it would come this far.
I definitely learned something from it. Maybe I'll find a pin small enough to put on the back and pin my hen to the collar of my denim jacket. Or maybe you have an idea?
Oh your little hen is so delightful! I love how bead embroidery looks but I'm not sure I have the patience or eyesight for it :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the visit, Sally!
DeleteThere is a long list of things I don't have the patience for - I have to admit one of them is fashion for myself, I have the same top and dress in different colors and only need my jeans and sneakers - but to my own surprise I have endless patience for different crafts, among them embroidery with or without beads :-D
Isn't it great we all have our own little niche, so we can look at each other's niche and admire it?
OMG, so cute! I have backyard chickens, and this little one reminds me of our brown Sussex flock.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
DeleteI don't know much about chickens except about the ones we had at our little local zoo where I used to help out and that experience was a bit double-edged thanks to a vicious little silkie rooster (mostly a show-off probably or maybe he just hated my boots), but I have always been fond of brown ones although this is obviously a fantasy hen :-D
Came back to say, this is one of my features for this week's WTJR. Thank you for joining us, we all appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute. I think on a denim jacket or even a bag of some kind would be cool.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lisa! A bag is a fun idea, too. Why didn't I think of that?
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