The theme for the Artwork Parts design problem this month was “spring.” I designed just a few new items of knickknack, impressed by the concept of spring flowers. I additionally had some jewellery design inspiration from symbols of Ostara, the vernal equinox. And I sewed a little bit spring one thing too.
I used to be a little bit tempted to interpret the theme as a verb slightly than a season – as in transfer out of the blue ahead. As a result of that’s just about how the season occurs right here within the Mid-Atlantic. Sooner or later it’s winter and the subsequent day you’re stocking up on allergy remedy to fight the onslaught of tree pollen. As an allergy sufferer, I’d wish to say I don’t discover spring very inspiring. I imply, it’s exhausting to really feel inventive when your eyes are itchy and watering and your sinuses are so inflammed it feels as if all of the enamel in your higher jaw are falling out. After which there’s the antihistamine-induced mind fog.
However the fact is, spring is visually stunning right here. No, I don’t have any images to show that. I’m appreciating spring’s wonders from behind sealed home windows for probably the most half. However you don’t must take my phrase for it. You possibly can ask your most well-liked web browser to point out you photographs of spring blooms within the Mid-Atlantic. There are daffodils and crocus, naturally. Forsythia bushes and magnolia timber are additionally in bloom, together with many different bushes and timber that I don’t know what they’re. And naturally, there are cherry blossoms.
Within the Washington DC metropolitan space, cherry blossoms are a giant deal. There’s a “blossom watch” to maintain monitor of peak blooming and a competition to have a good time that peak. It’s usually an enormous vacationer attraction and native occasion. The competition has been scaled again this 12 months as a result of pandemic. However that hasn’t stopped the timber from doing their factor. They’re all: Bloom like no person’s watching! And so they’re blooming sooner than predicted as a result of unseasonably heat climate of the previous few weeks.
Rabbits, or hares, are a standard image of spring in some cultures. It’s a fertility factor. Not that rabbits are extra, um, productive than many different animals within the spring. They simply had a greater public relations marketing campaign than say, squirrels. Or rats. Anyway, the equity of public photographs apart, rabbits/hares are an Ostara image they usually impressed one in every of my jewellery designs this month. It’s a daring assertion necklace with shades of lavender, lilac, and violet.
Regardless of how depressing their pollen makes me really feel, I created some earrings impressed by budding timber. It’s not the timber’ fault my immune-system is hyper and goes to Purple Alert over fully innocent pollen grains. And I do sit up for the re-greening of the timber right here. For one factor, it considerably improves the view from my condo home windows to have absolutely leafed timber blocking the sight of the highrise on the opposite aspect of the parking zone.
The development of vegetation that bloom and flower right here in spring is spectacular. It appears as if there’s one thing new in bloom each week. I get why individuals who don’t love winter sit up for all of the pops of shade. I discover magnificence in Winter’s extra subdued colours, particularly as a result of I can see them higher with out all that pollen in my eyes. However I do get the attraction of spring blooms, even those that make me sneeze. So I did embrace an ode to flowers in a single pair of earrings this month.
That’s it for my spring-inspired designs this month. I hope you loved the blossoms, birds, and bunnies in my designs. The jewellery is on the market in my store on etsy. The ring joins a rising assortment of embroidery that I do not know what to do with. I’ll determine it out ultimately. Thanks a lot for stopping by my weblog right this moment. Please go away a remark if the spirit strikes you.