This project emerged form my 'Lined up & Scattered' post inspired by these two photographs. And what a journey it was. To recap, I based this project on two photographs of pigeons on railings I observe everytime I go past. They seem to be both lined up on the railings and to be scattered all around depending on any given circumstances. And that was what caught my attention.
As I progressed through the initial stages, I found it difficult to find the right title for this project.
It was not until I photographed few samples on a glass table that an idea of a title and the direction of the entire project started to take shape.
The samples seem to flow in the air (as pigeons would do) & I also observed the shadows of leaves on the wall that are in fact the table's decoration...
To fast forward, two outcomes started to unfold. One of a jewellery piece ('Floating leaves A' that I wrote about in my previous post) when the other would decorate and add to a wall deco. And of course it would not be me if there was not an offshoot to the project.
When crocheting for 'Floating leaves A' I decided to change colour. My immediate choice was red (to go in line with the autumn season). Red is quite a dominant colour in the picture on the left, a picture I took some years ago so why not start there...
As I progressed, I decided to put a golden streak in one of the leaves since it is autumn (as partially seen in the picture on the right).
You might have noticed that I do not show many sketches. The reason is that I do not sketch on a piece of paper. It all happens in my mind and then in making. But in this case I actually reached for a piece of paper and some colour pencils to clear the next step in my mind.
Or so I thought...
After joining my leaves to make a pendant and after making a short chain on each side I changed my mind. I decided to turn it into a brooch.
Leaving the unfinished 2 end chains hanging loosely down are reminiscent of branches of a tree, don't you think?
Here is the piece in action...
Being either a brooch or a pin for a scarf it can be used in whichever way the user wishes. What I also like about this design is the fact that because it is a crochet piece the user can decide where the pin goes through the piece and so attach it in any way.And so let me introduce to you a brooch, the 'Floating leaves B'.
K-)
