Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Birds; Try, try again...


Tag # 1
The Firebird
I tried something very complicated and was not really happy with the result. I painted a tag black and then overlaid it with a picture of a toe shoe painted bright crimson red. Next, I created my own version of the firebird, cutting it out of felt and embroidering it metallic threads, bright colored floss and regular thread. Unfortunately, he just was not stunning enough against the slipper, so I carefully attached tiny little crystals to embellish the needlework. Those brightened it up but made it hard to photograph. I decided to try again...


Tag #2
Unhappy with the complex Firebird, I went very simple on this tag. I was sitting and thinking and my gaze fell on a lovely piece of high rag content paper overprinted with a musical score. Aha! SONGBIRDS! it was a clever idea that fell a bit flat... pun intended. I decided to try again...



Tag # 3
This was the third bird tag I made and the one I like the best. I used acrylic paints to mottle the tag a lovely sky blue. I used markers to draw an intricate jumble of leaves along the left side. The last step was cutting a very tiny hummingbird from black construction paper and then coloring it the colors of a ruby throated hummingbird, the ones we have every year in our back yard. I used thick mounting tape to make him stand up from the tag. This one is my favorite.

12 comments:

  1. Very ambitious-- nice job on all three!

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  2. I like all three! They're all very imaginative. xx

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  3. I like all three too! very inventive xx

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  4. Me too! I think they are all great tags. I am jealous though of you having humming birds in your back yard!

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  5. Wow..you have been busy...three very different and beautiful inspiring tags...They are all very clever...the songbirds is a brilliant idea!
    Jan x

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  6. Oh I like certain elements in all three, the beautiful beaded bird in the 1st one, the lovely intricate jumble of leaves on the 3rd, but #2 is my favourite for it's simplicity and sweetness and also because im loving sheet music at the moment :)

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  7. I think your third tag is my faourite too! You are so lucky to have hummingbirds in your garden.

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  8. I love them all, such clever work, the beaded bird is fabulous, beautiful work, Hugs May x x x

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  9. Very clever to make three lovely tags all so different, I've never seen a humming bird for real, but yours is great, Jane xx

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  10. Ooh, I wish we had hummingbirds in the UK! I like all three tags but I think number 3 just has the edge for me, although I think they are all lovely.

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  11. Martha,
    Oh, my sweet sister! Why are we always so hard on ourselves? I love these tags. The jeweled firebird speaks to a parrot like me who is always distracted by something pretty and shiny! I personally love the "Songbirds"~ it may be my favorite! I Love the simplicity and beauty of it. It makes my heart sing (truth ..pun or not!) Finally, on the third tag, I love to see the intricate jumble of leaves. I only wish I could draw like that! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with bunnies! xoxoxox, Mary Ann

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  12. Oh my goodness, you've been busy - and such quality ;-)

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