>Twenty Layers

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If you've been following my work for awhile, you know that I've reached the most difficult part of the construction process of my piece. In the past, I have been known to use a structure made from acid free matte board to add dimension to my beadwork. But, after thinking about this one for quite awhile, I decided to use felt because I think I want to stitch the entire piece to a stretched canvas. So, last night, I cut out quite a few pieces of felt to add more dimension to my beaded Banksy pink car and graffitied wall.

Now, at the thickest part of the graffitied wall, which is the right side, there are 20 layers of felt. They measure approx. 2.5" deep when stacked upon each other. I want the right side of the wall to stand out farther than the left, so there are only 12 layers beneath that side of the wall. If you look at the photo (with the car) above, you can see how I play with the lengths of felt to achieve that.

I am still in the middle of stitching these pieces together. When I am finished, it will be one giant piece of beadwork. Weeks ago, I was toying with the idea of abandoning this piece at this stage, because it's been taking me so long to finish, but I don't think I can do that. So, next, I'm going to look for a canvas large enough to stitch the beadwork to. Since the bead embroidery already measures approx. 17.5" wide x 16" tall, a stretched canvas would have to be pretty large, so we'll see... :0