I am using this section of the blog as my arts, crafts, poetry and recipes section. Today I am adding some images of a series of six Deco panels I created in order to cover up a nasty section of peeling wallpaper on hardboard which is part of a homemade fitted cupboard in a spare bedroom.
It just so happened that a series of wrapped panels, that I have kept since they were used at a couple of trade shows some years back, fitted perfectly so that was the starting point. I also have a lot of old leather samples, some fossils and small polished stones which my Dad gave me, and a penchant for picking up shells and bits of bark and pine cone when out walking.
I started by just laying out the leather pieces for colour and playing with the shells, stones and bits of pine cone on the panels. I left them for a week, moving stuff around, cutting up bits of leather and then walking away so as to come back with a fresh eye. Once satisfied I glued it all down – for this set using a hot glue gun, but as I burnt my fingers more than once in the rather fiddly process I decided to use a different glue next time!
I have now made two more additions to the Pathways Collection, but as these are gifts for friends I will wait to post those photos until after I have delivered them 🙂