So after studying Doorway One on the wall for a while, and thinking I like those wonky beads, then I don't like those wbs, then I don't know about those wbs, I ended up realizing they were the wrong thing. So today I removed all the beads and replaced them with straighter lines of blue beads, and a nice copper ribbon ending with beads of some semi precious material whose name escapes me.
And I'm much happier with the whole thing. This piece is surprisingly heavy, what with all the brass chain and the two heavy beads. It feels good.
Last night at the embroiderers' stitch in I started on the next in the series, different color feeling, different sense of doorway.
This is another polaroid transfer image on nylon superimposed on a piece of knitted sparkly fabric I hand dyed in greens. So we'll see where this goes. The image looks big because it's in a very small hoop. But it's the same size as the Doorway One image up above.
I started with the usual snailtrail not much idea of where it's going yet, but that will unfold, I expect.
Current state of the unfinished doorway piece:
The pearls will be continued in a straight drop down, and the blue beads likewise. I'm looking at the irregular shapes and wondering, but won't know if they should stay like that until I do the drops.
At that point I think it will be done. I like the brass chain effect pretty much. But I welcome reaction and suggestion, too.
There will be a couple more doorway pieces, I think. This one's 12 inches high, 5.5 inches wide.
