Tuesday 23 October 2018

Pirate Mirror – Part 2

Wooooo hoooooo Bertie’s pirate mirror is finally finished and I can’t help but breathe a huge sigh of relief ……..
Pirate Mirror 1
…… it may have taken me 14 months but I have never given up!
Pirate Mirror 2
Though firmly stuck down the pirates arms can still be moved, so to add an extra dimension I have put dangly bits (if you’ll pardon the expression) in their hands and the crab with its wibbly wobbly legs guards a precious gem. 
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With the pirates, compasses, maps and large gems in place I could then drape the broken pearl and chains necklaces round them ……….
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……. and then fill the smaller gaps with smaller gems and pirate cabochons.
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The only thing I wished I’d done was colour/spray the compass bodies gold before they were stuck down, trying to do it on a finished mirror was fiddly to say the least.
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And now it is done and dusted in a yo ho ho bottle of rum type way ……  it just needs to be bubble wrapped carefully until Christmas then it can be hung in Bertie’s bedroom.  I will put a special message on the back for him and hope that one day it might become an heirloom or at least a memory of mad, always fiddle farting mad Nanny Nell ……….

4 comments:

CraftyCoffey said...

WOW-stunning project. I’m sure young Bertie will love his pirate mirror.

Michele

tilly said...

WOW, what a masterpiece!, I love how the pirates can hold 'treasure' and the little maps fit in sooo well.... certainly something for Bertie to keep and remember you by
Tilly

Pamela said...

It’s a work of art Helen-well done on finding all the ‘bits’ to finish it. I love how you’ve put booty in the pirates’ hands. Bertie will treasure it, pardon the pun!

Cheryl W said...

What an amazing mirror! Bertie will love it. Hope you'll share his reaction here on your blog.