One of my very good customers asked me to make this piece for her parents. She sent me a photo that was taken on their honeymoon and with a bit of artistic licence and a lot of needle felting I came up with this.
Honeymoon Kiss
12x17cm
I have to admit that I was very daunted by the challenge to start with. I don't usually work this much detail into my pieces but once I got started I found that the piece flowed and became enjoyable to work on.
It was difficult to get the perspective right on the dads arm and because he was dressed in white it made it quite tricky to work shading into his outfit. As I said to my customer when I gave her a progress report a few weeks ago, "Little does your dad know that there is a woman in Scotland stabbing at his armpit and bottom with a very sharp needle!"
The recipients have not seen it yet but my customer now has the piece and is absolutely delighted with it.
This week I am continuing to build up stock for my upcoming fairs.
I'm also trying to keep my online shops well stocked so I have listed these two pieces below in my Folksy shop today.
Wee Cottage £35
Purple Poppies and Cottage £35
I'm hoping to get some more bookmarks finished soon and I will be listing them in both my Etsy and Folksy shops.
If there is anything you would like more information about please don't hesitate to contact me
aileenclarkecrafts@yahoo.com
7 comments:
Oh how lovely! You did a beautiful job on a tricky project!!
There is such tenderness in this picture, its amazing, I hadn't thought it something one could do, its brilliant!
Just beautiful,
alison grimsey :)
The honeymoon scene is so beautiful, such detail! Love the other two piece as well x
I just saw this and got all giddy again! You really have done an amazing job! I was with my parents for lunch today (Mike's off with work again for a week :[ ) and I had to bite my tongue all afternoon! I'm too excited :] x
What a great job, I love the idea!
Aileen, that is so lovely. I bet the final recipients are going to be delighted. It's wonderful how you've got real feeling into the picture, which must be so tricky when you are working with felt.
what a lovely commission to receive, the finished piece is amazing!
hope to catch up with you at the handmade show :)
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