Chelsea Swan

I did a another lampshade. I sketched it, and another one, when my back went about a month a go and have been doing little bits since then. It’s actually really small. The timeline for the big projects is not looking good. On the one hand I need to do side stuff or else I would go mad but on the other hand I do think it drags out things longer than they need to be. Out of the month I would say a week and a half was the lampshade but I only did bits at a time. This one is based on some buttons I found and how when I was younger I collected odd buttons as I thought they were treasures. I thought about the trinkets children are given to keep quiet, and about age and how women are forgotten once they turn 30 and it all added together.

I think the pink and blue and yellow are tighter on this one than the last one. I also think the cream lampshade is better than embroidering on the pink but I am just going to have to make sure there is enough contrast between the tones i use of the threads etc and the colour of the lampshade (I am thinking of that dark lampshade). It looks super cool with the bulb on. I like it looking more full. I love the lille titty beads I made to dangle down, mabe need a bit more definition on them though. The wood flowers lost their iridescence as I kept touching them so they definitely need some nail gloss on them. I like the more 3d bits and bobs on this one and the cohesion of the colours. I was meant to add pink fluff but as I went on it looked less and less like it went with the lampshade and i have to back away from doing it in the end. Doing the beads that dangle down is a bit time consuming and not super fun especially considering the time and effort put it but I do think they look good.