Aug 15, 2009

Altered keys

In one of my art groups we have having a challenge for an altered key. Having never done that before, I thought it would be fun to give it a try.
I ended up doing two...and before I knew it..they seemed to have a theme....Spring & Autumn.
The "spring" one was done with a silver key and I wired beads to it and made a batch of shrink plastic flowers for the top. I also added a pin back to it since it seemed so wearable.
The "autumn" was done with a gold key. I put an old jewelry finding at the top, added beads, then wired up and added the square beads to that. The lovely yellow autumn leaves were again done with shrink plastic.
The backside of this one is completely smooth so I left it the way it was so the person who receives it can decide if they want to add a pin or magnet or turn it into a hanging piece.

5 comments:

roc said...

your keys are gorgeous!

Outstanding Stranger said...

Awesome Keys WW....

Krista A. in Madison said...

Wow! I love your crafts! I like to craft too, I will read your website again.

WW said...

Thanks for stopping by. Glad you like them.

Tumble Fish Studio said...

These keys are so beautiful! Oh my goodness! That top one I thought was a bouquet of flowers in the little preview picture in my blog links. They are stunning! How do you work so beautifully so small? Amazing.