A small basket for you today that I made in the car on a recent weekend trip up to see the Grandbaby - and my Daughter and Son-in-law.
It is about a 6 to 7 hours of driving time depending on traffic and pit stops so I usually bring something along to keep me busy. I started this one the day before our trip and had about 2 and a half rows done when we started the trip and finished it about 5 hours into the trip(with a couple pit stops for me and the pups).
I used a large seashell slice for the basket start and another at the end for a decoration and a few colored beads. The coil is a twisted paper coil and I wrapped it with the light turquoise hemp twine.
The basket is just a bit bigger than my hand and about 2.5 inches tall.
All for today, Take Care
Tera
Another encaustic and cyanotype painting for you today.
I used a cyanotype print that I made using a transparency from a photo I took. This is a flowering bush in my neighborhood, and I have no idea what it is called but it is very pretty.
I colored the main flower and a little on the branches and the tiny bud with colored pencils, then glued the paper to a cradled wood panel.
I added several layers of encaustic medium and then used my hot pen to add encaustic paint. Adding the encaustic paint gave more depth and color as well as some texture to the flowers.
Lastly I added some gold foil circles and some pinkish white to the edges.
All for today
Take Care
Tera
Quick post this evening to show off another basket I made. This is another one made with leftover yarn in my stash for my Grandbaby to play with and use to put things in.
The base is a round wood piece originally made to use as wall decor(I found 3 of them at a thrift shop and they make great starts for baskets!!)
I used 3/4 inch paper coil and yarn.
the basket is about 19 inches round and 9.5 inches tall.
All for today - Take Care
Tera
