A little box of Istanbul
6 October 2006 - by Simone
Well, after many trials and tribulations that I won’t bore you with here (as much as I am tempted so you can feel my pain!) … I think my exhibition piece for the Expeditions show may possibly be finished. Maybe perhaps sort of kind of …
After a lot of difficulty I’ve pretty much managed to get the finish I wanted, which is very shiny and bright on the inside and very muted on the outside. And, yes, there is much wonk as promised! It’s misshapen, it’s pitted, you can see some of the joins, it even has a teensy fracture in one of the windows … and it really does remind me of Istanbul!
And, yes, it was incredibly difficult to photograph, so I apologise for the images, but hopefully you get the idea. If you’d like to see a few more of them have a look at my Flickr photos.
However, I had a flash of further inspiration this evening and am probably going to take it to a plating place to ask about having it plated gold on the inside. I’m really not sure it’s possible at all, but you never know. And if it is possible then I think it will look just perfect.
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Wow! Gorgeous.
by kirsty on 6 October 2006 at 3:38 am |
I LOVE it.
by MissMeshell on 6 October 2006 at 12:39 pm |
oh simone, this is just excellent!
by the butterfly collector on 10 October 2006 at 6:36 pm |
wow!
really really beautiful and mysterious!!!!!
by riyo on 11 October 2006 at 12:19 am |