Developing pages and applying colour - the button tin

Having had chance to experiment with materials, I wanted to combine my drawing, use of rich pigmented water colour pencils, felting and stitch to portray what the button tin is - a feast of colour, textures and surfaces. I will add But on top as well as stitch on a few buttons from my own trusted button tin. I broke three felting needles in the process, but it was worth it. It is by no means finished, but it is another page in the making. Just wish I had more time!

taking my drawing and applying stitch and material to
 reflect the inside of the button tin (same as the end papers)

With some felting and watercolour pencil in place

 

 Whilst I was in the felting mood, I took the part-stitched page 9 and applied colour and texture to it. I want the Lego brick and tennis ball to stand out. I will stitch on top once I am happy with the colours.

 

 

 

 I coloured the Lego brick, but decided to felt the tops to give it an extra dimension. The But button is now waiting to be cooked.

 

Bringing the drawing, water colour, felting and stitch together is quite exciting. I have never done this before so this project has been a huge experiment, but one which will result in a very interesting product, I hope.

 

I do need to decide on where the button ends up - I am thinking of the Queen at the moment. So that But gets the one up on the Beefeater button in the end!