Dandelions have been the theme for this month’s design problem from Artwork Components. Dandelions peaked in my neighborhood again in April, masking vacant heaps, wild lawns, and site visitors islands in golden yellow blooms. By the start of Could, there have been nonetheless a couple of blooms right here and there, however most dandelion crops had cottony white puffballs changing the blossoms. And that’s why my designs for this problem are centered on the seed heads relatively than the blooms.
I very almost didn’t get something made this month and solely pulled one thing along with at some point left within the month. Why did I wait so lengthy? I used to be on digital trip. By which I imply, I spent most of my after-work and weekend time this month escaping into the alternate worlds of a collection of city fantasy novels. In case you’re taken with the place I went just about, it was Shannon Mayer’s Rylee Admanson and Elemental collection.
By the center of the month, I type of deliberate to skip the problem. I had a couple of concepts percolating, however didn’t discover any motivation to place down the books and convey them to life. I lastly completed the final e book late Saturday (Could 29) afternoon and all of the sudden felt motivated to make some dandelion artwork. What might I realistically get performed in two days or much less with out making it disturbing? Undoubtedly not the embroidered dandelion botanical print I had in thoughts earlier within the month. But when I scaled that concept right down to only a puffball, and used a minihoop? Yup, that might work.
After spending about an hour making the minihoop, I felt much more motivated to make dandelion issues. However by then it was Sunday afternoon, the day earlier than the top of the month. I discovered myself wishing I had not waited till the final minute. If solely I had an precise dandelion puffball on which to make my want.
Sadly, there have been no dandelion puffulls to be present in my neighborhood for wishing upon. They’ve been changed by blooming clover. And even when I might want upon a clover flower, I’d need to combat the bees for one. So, I rummaged round my craft room and located the provides I purchased after I thought I used to be going to make mini-mosaic pendants.
The epoxy clay was considerably lower than recent, however I optimistically combined some and smooshed it right into a pendant bezel. Then I pressed bugle and seed beads into the clay to make a dandelion puff. I attempted to offer the white clay background some shade with inexperienced mica powder. The outcome was too refined. Inexperienced glitter to the rescue. I knew there was a cause I stored it for years after discovering it didn’t combine nicely with polymer clay. I’m not a hoarder, I’m artful.
This can be the shortest publish I’ve written since I began my weblog. I used to be going to make some pithy remark about making needs by blowing on a seed head, however I opted out. I additionally thought of opining on the usage of pesticides to maintain manicured lawns freed from dandelions, then I assumed higher of it. So right here’s my last thought on dandelions for this publish: weeds are simply crops that dare to develop the place they’re not needed. Thanks for stopping by my weblog as we speak.