Showing posts with label neckpieces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neckpieces. Show all posts

Saturday, 3 May 2014

3D Botanical Cushions

Flicking through this months issue of Mollie Makes (Issue 40), these 3D botanical cushions caught my eye in the corner of a page. These cushions are made by Sabine Herrmann, i followed the website link to see more of her creations.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/plantillo

This is the cushion that was featured in the magazine.
Spring Succulent pillow made to order   
"The succulent image is custom printed on cotton-canvas. On the back of the pillow, I've used beautiful, thick linen and a decorative stitch along the seam line to give it a personal touch."

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/122193202/spring-succulent-pillow-made-to-order?ref=shop_home_active_2

Here are a few more cushions which i find really inspiring. 

Leaf pillow - made to order
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/164960894/leaf-pillow-made-to-order?ref=shop_home_active_5
"The leaf image is custom printed on cotton-canvas. On the back of the pillow, I've used beautiful, thick linen and a decorative stitch along the seam line to give it a personal touch. Piping follows the stem of the leaf image on the front of the pillow which gives it a very sculptural feel."

Pine cone pillow made to order 
This pine cone cushion is so realistic from the front angle, amazing!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/169145197/pine-cone-pillow-made-to-order?ref=related-5
"The pine cone image is custom printed on cotton-canvas. On the back of the pillow, I've used beautiful, thick linen and a decorative stitch along the seam line to give it a personal touch."

Succulent pillow made to order 
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/109783987/succulent-pillow-made-to-order?ref=shop_home_active_3
"The succulent image is custom printed on cotton-canvas. On the back of the pillow, I've used beautiful, thick linen and a decorative stitch along the seam line to give it a personal touch."

 
I also really like her branding!

pillowfun plantbed
Check out more at http://www.plantillo.com/

My neck piece that I have recently made is similar to these cushions as the petals on my lilies are made from photocopies of the actual petals which makes them seem lifelike.

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Peacock feather


The finished peacock feather! :/
I don't think the contrast between the lily and feather goes too well. The flower looks quite realistic and I don't think that the feather doesn't. I am going to try out a few more techniques to see if i can create a more realistic feather or I might make the neck piece without them.

Water soluble peacock feathers - design development





Pictures of the process of making a peacock feather using water soluble.
 I thought the feather turned out okay..... until i washed out the water soluble! :( 
Pictures of the finished feather will follow in another post

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Design development





A few pictures from testing out mixing dye colours and heat transferring yesterday. 
The heat transfer prints didn't turn out too good, the colours were too pale so i will have to try out some other techniques to try and get the effects that I want.

Monday, 10 February 2014

Design Development






A few examples of my design development, playing around positioning 3D paper flowers and 2D flower drawings, photocopied from my sketchbook pinned onto a mannequin.

Friday, 7 February 2014