I tried. I tried so hard. First of all, I didn't have the right kind of die, so I hand cut these flowers. I figured I'd let the plastic do it's thing like Chihuly lets the glass do it's thing. I am no Chihuly. LOL. Then I couldn't get them to stick together, so I tried melting them into a blob. They came unstuck, but I managed to stick them to the paper with glue dots. And then stick some buttons for the centers. Finished with some doodles--including curly q's like Chihuly's designs. I don't know what I'm going to do with this card. Maybe my Gram will like it. I'll have to hand deliver it to her.
Date: Friday, December 1, 2017 GMT Views: 1093
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Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54817
Fri, Dec 01, 2017 @ 7:01 PM
The way the petals curl is really awesome. I think it is incredibly cool looking and a lovely tribute to Chihuly's beautiful glassblowing. Don't be too hard on yourself, I think it is beautiful and very cheerful, Jennifer!!
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 51215
Fri, Dec 01, 2017 @ 7:24 PM
I think you did a really good job of channeling Chihuly. He is known for irregular edges..his world is not symmetrical hence your hand cut flowers done in plastic to emulate glass work very well. I love the doodled curlicues ...that's a clever way to get in one of his trademark shapes. Thanks for sticking with it and playing along today
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 140481
Sat, Dec 02, 2017 @ 1:01 AM
I think the button centres look lovely. I have not all that many Bigz dies, but I find that using regular dies with acetate and running them through two or three times partially cuts through, at least enough to make finishing cutting by hand quite easy. I hope you'll try again, but you should definitely be happy with this first attempt!
