That's beside the point though. In fact, the point is that I have been very busy making things, and now it's late and I have no time to show you them. But here's a couple of pictures of the start of my Folksy Upcycled Christmas submission. I'm making a small panel in completely recycled and vintage glass. Well, I say vintage...it actually came from the very naff faux-Victorian kitchen units we had in this house when we first moved in (which were ripped out on about day 2) but I saved the glass because, whilst hideous in a white melamine kitchen unit, looks surprisingly cute in a stained glass panel. You'll see a picture of it soon. The gorgeous red brandy glass came from my local YMCA charity store for the princely sum of £2, and while it seemed a bit of a crime to cut it up to flatten it, it looks so spanking lovely now I have no regrets. The blue bottles are Harvey's Bristol Cream (sherry) and Blue Nun (cheapo icky German white wine for those who are not familiar with the delights that the Sister has to offer) My name is Flora, and I hang around the bottle bank waiting to mug old ladies of their recycling....
Loitering in public places for the purpose of swiping broken bottles sounds fine to me - smacky handies for saying so. Can't wait to see what you'e up to...
ReplyDeletethat first photo is full of amazing colour , i'm dying to see what you create...
ReplyDeletewine in a blue bottle , called blue nun... you'd wonder what the marketing people were thinking of ....
Looking forward to seeing what you have created with the glass Flora. Very intense colours. I remember Blue Nun from years ago and yes, it was pretty icky.
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