Saturday 1 May 2010

Tin Pan Alley

Is the theme this month over at 'Alter it Monthly'
Basically they want to see anything with metal, be it tins, little cases, or in my case a piece of metal on a project.
Some of you may remember me talking about a cuff i was making..
well here it is....
It's a canvas base, overlayed with some jute ribbon and then topped with embossed TSS metal
 A button fastening
Grungboard wings behind a ferro covered TH alterations keyhole  
Wrapped with TH alterations ferro covered keys either side.
I aged the gold coloured metal using some of my new hamatit coloured inka-gold.
This is a first attempt at a fabric/metal cuff and i've mixed feelings on how it's turned out...
Tell me what you think? and please be honest.
Have a fab bank holiday weekend.. think of me back to work tomorrow lol
♥ HUGZ ♥

19 comments:

Sherry Goodloe said...

Ooooooooh what a Gorgeous with a capital "G" cuff you have created!!

Zuzu's Blog said...

cuffs are really taking off..
well done ..
i love that embossed metal.. and the button fastening.. nice job
thank you again for taking part.. and I look forward to the possibility of a tin too LOL

Gillian .... said...

Hi Niki, great to see you back, loving the altered cuff you have created, all the different elements come together nicely.

LME said...

Great idea I must see if I can make one :)

My name is Cindy said...

Fantastic cuff - great take on the challenge.

sam21ski said...

This is fabulous Nicky - just love everything about it xxxx

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

I think it's great Minxy :)
Anne x

Claireabelle said...

Nicky it's fab, as are ALL your creations girlie
xx

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Beautiful cuff and great colours and a great idea to make something a little different from the norm. Have a great Sunday. Tracy Evans x x

Xhanthi said...

Wearable art, how awesome! Great ideas and it came out looking wonderful.

Unknown said...

I like it I also like you have taken the comfprt of the wearer in to consideration, I must say it looks tiny but then my wrist aren't huge only 11 " lol hope you do a tin i'd like to see this too

Love Dawn x

Pat Beaumont said...

Inspiring work

Pat Beaumont said...

Inspiring work looks great

Ginger said...

This is really cool, a wearable work of art.amazing.

Anonymous said...

It's fantastic Nicky! Love the metal, and the ferro'd enmbellies look great! xx

ScrappyDandyDoo said...

Lovely :D
Me and zuzu have played with this idea too :D
Julie xx

Unknown said...

so creative...

Paula x x x

Kay said...

I like it a lot. It all works together really well and having canvas as the base makes it more comfortable to wear.

Moira said...

Smashing cuff, I wear a wrist support for arthritis and that would look so much more attractive. Great entry