vadjutka from the European Street Team on Etsy had the great idea to gather "then and now" items from the members; you can see them on her blog: http://craftsthenandnow.blogspot.com/
I had to look into my old stuff and finally found this 1985 brooch. This brooch is one of the first I made (I think it was in 1985) and I am still having it ! It's made from this metal instrument you get with IKEA furniture to build it. Back then my husband and I bought our first IKEA chair, and after it was build, the instrument became a brooch. There are some wooden beads on it and some plastic female screws too; probably also leftovers from some IKEA thing ......
And this is what I make at the moment; various buttons are sewn together to form a brooch or pin. It's part of my P8 Button Art line.
What a fun story about the ikea tool!
ReplyDeleteLove both, but esp. the new one, since it reminds me of a gear and I love everything technicals ;)
ReplyDeleteWell Petronella, the first one is nice, but what you do now is ART! Really, what a difference! :)
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