My veil is done!! Just as I had hoped, I'm really proud of it, and love wearing it (even though the pine needle attachments on the front dig into my forehead a bit when it's in its proper position), which is a bonus. The headpiece is made of a willow branch, to which pine needles and rose stems/vines (as well as the start of the veil itself) were attached. The veil is made of folded tulle (with a total of 4 layers), with pinecones and rose petals. In both sections, hot glue was used to a large amount, and it essentially became my best friend throughout this process even though it burned me a few times (oops). Above, you can see the two sections, as well as a few selfies for the purpose of modeling the veil. (I'm not really smiling properly in any of them, but then again, I was modeling the veil, not myself.)
During the process, many *fun* things happened: I got two ticks while pinecone-hunting; I broke my first willow branch while trying to shape the base of the headpiece and had to use my backup; I got burned many times while using the hot glue gun; I accidentally attached paper to the veil when I was hot-gluing it together (I got most of it off, and hopefully the small strip that remains isn't too noticeable); etc. I also hated my first idea of where the rose petals would go (surrounding the pinecones in equal, planned, near-perfect rings), but absolutely loved the second and ultimately final idea (dropping the rose petals randomly on the veil, avoiding dropping any directly on the pinecones, and seeing where they ended up). Though the process was somewhat troublesome, I'm very proud of the end product and am very excited that it is now on display in the main hallway. The title of the piece is 'Til Death Do Us Part, and I came up with that while running through several wedding-related phrases (here comes the bride, to have and to hold, etc.). I eventually stuck with this one because, as the nature (hehehe) of the human-nature relationship is often parasitic, it will not end until one force (either the human race or the environment) dies; they will not part until death separates them.
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A little late, but here it is! I've started putting the veil together. As you can see, I've attached the tulle to the crown (it does fit my head, though I have to fiddle with it a little to make it stay on properly), and I have also attached part of the crown's centerpiece - the pine needles. There will be more on the sides for a greater effect, and leaves will be attached around the crown - green, not dead like these needles. A small pinecone will also go in front of these needles, so as to highlight its centerpiece-ness more.
I mentioned last week that the tulle was very long, and now you can see what I mean - it already appears lengthy, and that's not even the full thing! I plan on cutting it so that it hangs about three to four feet below the crown, and sometime around that time I'll glue pinecones, flower petals, and maybe some leaves? (probably not, those will go on the crown, and I don't want the crown to be overpowered by the veil) between the layers of tulle. That should be an interesting process, and by next week the veil will be done!! I don't quite have it fully visualized as a final product (I have a vague idea, of course, because of my thumbnail page for the project), but once it gets there it should look beautiful and timeless. |
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May 2019
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