As Polly let us know that photography is one of Priscilla's interests (mine too!), I couldn't resist making a Mechanical Iris for this week's TPT She's the Cat's Meow challenge. To see the view through the "camera lens", you'll have to visit my post on the challenge thread - the thread is HERE.
I followed the tutorial, printing the pdf on white copy paper and using it as a template to cut out the aperture mechanism. I found that the sizes for the circles in the template didn't exactly match my dies/punches of those sizes, but I was able to get it to work with a little playing around.
For the two square panels I raided my scrap box and used a stencil monoprint using? and TCW stencil. Next layer is watercoloured tissue paper with gold embossing, matted on black.
Cat is part of a Katzelkraft stamp, on a random piece of blue background, with bokeh stamped in using a pencil eraser. Smile is FLCC.
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GMT Views: 1427
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Thu, Jun 21, 2018 @ 8:11 PM
SO in my faves right away....dad being a hobby photographer he would so get a ick out of this. His birthday not till end of summer so I have time to practice...;0)....LOVE the kitty behind the lens, and pretty flowers surrounding him/her...;0)...way to go my crafty friend....TFs..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: February 22, 2012 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 43340
Mon, Jun 25, 2018 @ 10:15 AM
Omgosh, Sabrina! I've never seen this 'mechanical iris' technique before - it's amazing. The tiny kitten behind the 'lens' is adorable and I luv the background with gold and the pretty little flowers. Thanks for the cute note, too.
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