Monday, March 25, 2013

Found pennies -- success!!

A couple of weeks ago I was whining about how many times I had to try to get my found pennies to hang nicely in a grid.  I realize that I have never reported back on how that worked out.

Fortunately, it worked very well.  Here's the finished piece, casting beautiful shadows under the multiple gallery lights.  I think it's probably the best piece in the show, from a purely aesthetic viewpoint.


I'm also happy to report that somebody liked it well enough to buy it -- and best of all, it's somebody who had been reading about the difficult genesis of this piece on the blog.  So she'll always know how much I wanted it to come into being.




Update: I'm posting this to Nina Marie's weekly blog roundup -- check it out to see what other fiber artists have been doing this week.


11 comments:

  1. What a cool piece of artwork with an interesting story to boot! Congratulations on both finishing and selling it.

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  2. This turned out very well indeed! Love it!

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  3. I would have wanted to buy that one too, I think. So keep on picking up pennies...

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    1. I'm already planning my second penny work, expanding the scale. Fortunately there is no shortage of raw materials

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  4. It's a beauty! Looking forward to seeing more in the series...

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  5. I love it when a quilt sells! It's such a great feeling.

    I love the penny grid. Very nice work!

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  6. This piece is stunning, what a fantastic idea, I really like the way it casts shadows behind the piece, adding a further dimension. Well Done!

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  7. Wonderful idea for using pennies.

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  8. I'm guessing the fabulous piece could be sold ten times over...I love it too!

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  9. This looks so great - the light in your picture brings it so to life. Congratulations to selling it, I'm quite sure the next one might sell in no time, too ;-))

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  10. This is totally cool; glad Plan D was a success. Lucky new owner

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