I've been working on Binky, a doll for the Art Doll Quarterly circus challenge, and painted his face the other night.
It's been quite a process trying to find him the "right" hat. You don't want the hat to compete with the eyes. The scale of decoration on the hat has to be the right size. And, it all has to co-ordinate; but not too much, because after all, it's a clown. So you have to throw out the rules there, too. After trying the pompoms (I have bought way too many pompoms) above, I tried for a smaller "dot," and tried metal sequins. I ripped sequins off of some new, outrageous hologram-sequinned fabric. These sequins flash every shade of color there is, changing with the light.
I wondered how did they sew all those sequins on the net?
It's been quite a process trying to find him the "right" hat. You don't want the hat to compete with the eyes. The scale of decoration on the hat has to be the right size. And, it all has to co-ordinate; but not too much, because after all, it's a clown. So you have to throw out the rules there, too. After trying the pompoms (I have bought way too many pompoms) above, I tried for a smaller "dot," and tried metal sequins. I ripped sequins off of some new, outrageous hologram-sequinned fabric. These sequins flash every shade of color there is, changing with the light.
I wondered how did they sew all those sequins on the net?
This gave me a neat piece of netting, with sequins falling off of it. Love making new things look tattered.
I swear it seemed that Binky was getting excited over the sequins too ....
There are more decisions to make about his costume. But, he might end up with a sequined hat. I think he is hoping for one!
