I have made progress, just not as quickly as I had expected. I finished the beading on Precious Metals: Osmium. I am now auditioning fabrics for the binding. Finding a bluish-gray bead or fabric is a problem. I think the blend of beads creates that bluish-gray effect, but it is more difficult with fabric. Perhaps I’m fussing too much with this and either of these fabrics would work well. Feel free to weigh in on this in a comment. As always, clicking on an image provides a larger view.
Here’s a detail:
Meanwhile, summer has arrived in Portland and cherries and berries and so much more are abundant. Yum! In preparation for making a cherry jam in the next couple weeks, I’ve whipped up some candied orange rind. I actually like to have it and candied lemon rind on hand for finishing desserts or just getting a hit of something sweet. So I am happy to have a reason to do this. Here it is draining excess syrup and drying.
And here it is finished after a tumble in sugar.
Stay tuned for the finish of Precious Metals: Osmium. If you are new here, you can see the beginnings of this piece here.
so delicate and beautiful!
Thanks Toni!
Exquisite, as always! Love the texture in the outer area. I prefer the gray on the right but really, both are lovely.
Thank you Jenny. Thanks for the input. I’m leaning in that direction.