When I make a small piece I like to mat and frame the finished art work. I feel that it often looks lost on the wall unless you have a grouping of like-size pieces. My original idea was to place the finished piece in a shadowbox. Like this.
After I had the piece pinned to the background I placed it on my design wall. As I passed the piece I kept looking and wondering what it would look like if I cut out the light background and just leave the bird and tree. So I took a photo of the piece. Cut it out and pinned it to the black background. This is what it looked like.
Now the question is which do I choose. I think I've made up my mind but I would like to hear what you have to say.
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Off the Wall Friday. Lots of wonderful blogs to view right from this web site. As I look at Nina Marie's blog and see the photographs of snow it makes me very thankful I live in the South. Did my dues in NW PA for many years. Been there done that.
As always, I love your thread painting, Marilyn.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy
DeleteI prefer the white background.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be in the majority. Thanks for commenting.
DeleteLove this little bird......your thread painting is wonderful! Background......hmmmm I like both.....the dark background is quite dramatic but I think I am leaning toward the lighter one
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I'm leaning that way.
Deletewhat a lovely bird - Paul is in the middle of making a bird for his latest woodworking project - I'll make sure he sees how lovely yours is! as for backgrounds - could I waffle a bit and say I would try a thin outline of white around the bird and put both on the dark background - LOL - I mean why have one background when you can have two???
ReplyDeleteOk Nina, give me something else to think about. Going to the shop today so have to make up my mind.
DeleteThe white background seems to make the colors pop more than the black.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol, Looks like the white, thought it's not white just photos that way, wins.
DeleteI think a background is needed, but maybe not quite the one in the picture. What about a pale blue/grey etc and not square?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to give the background some thought. I may paint in a little more color. The color now has a slight pinkish tint to the top with a little more pink toward the bottom. It has to be square, part of the plan. Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDeleteI would choose the black. It gives the whole piece more dimension. I often isolate my focal piece with a thin black line around it.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful thread painting! I love your beautiful little bird!
ReplyDeleteI think that a little paint in the background would do it. I think it needs a little bit of a pale blue here and there like bits of sky peaking out from wispy clouds. The bird thread painting is wonderful. You captured the bird in its moment.
ReplyDeleteI really love both...but when I saw the dark background, I thought, "Wow! After reading comments...I looked again (and again) and think the dark background works best. Perhaps a bit of light outlining - somewhere because the white background really brings out the white in the tree and bird
ReplyDeleteLovely. I would vote for some kind of light background. The image gets lost on the black. I enjoyed visiting your blog and looking over previous posts.
ReplyDeletebest, nadia
The bird is wonderful! I prefer the black background - more unexpected and dramatic.
ReplyDeletei'm sure it will be wonderful, whatever you choose.