This month I had the pleasure of creating pieces for the Component of the Month at Art Elements blog. While February does bring hearts to mind – mine were “real”. They were damaged and repaired, they bore their scars – yet maintained their beauty. Or at least that was my inspiration.
I am thrilled to see what my team mates and out guests have created! ( Links at end of post) But let me show you what I did:

Follow your heart.
I HAD to put a heart and a compass together. This was a bonus cab, simple crackle without the tear and stapled repair that the larger hearts had… I wanted a follow your heart meaning. The heart cab is bead embroidered on Stiff stuff with a loose representation of flames, and a toy compass. Then it has been stitched onto a new messenger bag I am altering. I want something that can get dirty at the studio. I plan to embellish it with patches, paint and stitches. A chance to wear my heart on my sleeve shoulder.

Starting to make my statements…. The butterfly is a shaped beaded pin. Shaped pieces are on my “to-do” list. The hand is from the AVAM.
So then I was thinking… I guess I should work with a heart like the components I mailed. So I took a small stapled/crackle heart and created polymer wings. The wings are cut to fit exactly with the small cobalt heart. The piece is rather large for me – and brings to mind Egyptian scarabs… which I was ASLO working on for themed challenge at Art Elements. Phew. I’m not sure how I will finish this – silk? chain? gems? What do you think?

Take flight heart
So – thanks for stopping by and thanks to all who participated this month! I think I will keep making hearts and share the love even though February is fading away…
And now without further ado:
- Art Elements team:
- Lindsay Starr
- Laney Mead
- Claire Fabian
- Sue Kennedy
- Diana Ptaszynski
- Caroline Dewison
- Lesley Watt
- Jennifer Cameron
- Cooky Schock
- Niky Sayers
- Cathy Mendola
- Jenny Davies-Reazor