Van Gough's
Street Scene in Montmarte is this months inspiration for the ABS Challenge... Some months I look at the picture and nothing happens... other months I can see the focal but it never gets into the kiln.... This month I took one look at that painting and thought this will be FUN!
First off... Make a focal .... Usually my version of the focal is a miniature of some element of the painting...
I wasn't sure about adding the french flag to the bead then thought nope... I can make an enameled French flag... Lucky it was a French flag... most other flags would have been beyond by enamel talents!... & I couldn't resist trying to do a pinwheel to represent the windmills... I made the mistake of punching all 5 holes before I started... think it would have been much easier to bend the copper into shape & then punch the hole... Then I had all my new headpins that I had to show off somehow... I'm really pleased with the way this necklace worked out! With the exception of one tiny commercial copper bead wired onto the focal and the bases of the enameled beads.... this is 100'% hand made from glass rods, enamels, copper wire and copper sheet...
As I was looking for the link to add my name to the list for the blog tour I discovered that I am thisweeks designer of the week for the ABS Challenge... Here's what
Heather Powers has to say about my piece!
& If you want to do the
blog tour
