Chinoiserie Mme Butterfly!

Having produced papers and gifts with the chinoiserie paper I decided to develop it a little further and so produced a second board that I like even better than the last one.

This is probably what I would regard as my best board, due to the amount of design that went into it as well as the designs themselves.  They convey just the feeling I wanted of the past but with a modern twist-the altered art image. The papers are the same as before but are printed on subtle gold and silver and embossed with gold and an irredescent sparkle that is brilliant for conveying the whimsical/romantic imaginary view of the women of the past as well as being very similar to the original green tropical butterfly I used to draw Madam Butterfly's wings.

The first card is a 3d figure placed against this sparkling background.  The card in the middle is an attempt to replicate the antique pith/rice paper picture I used as inspiration and from which I obtained an authentic antique Chines lady's head,  Madame Butterfly was printed on thick tracing paper, which was perfect.  then she was placed in a plain surround with two tiny butterrflies-again to represent freedom.

The bottom item is not a card, it is a photograph frame or could be a mirror if one were inserted.  I was pleased with this as it was a completely the result of  experimentation/development.  The paper developed from the bonsai, when closely inspected had a perfect circle formed by the leaves. I embossed two different magnifications (after some trials) of the same image with rough gold, mounted it on black and-hey presto /abracadabra- I had created the most chinoiserie thing ever !!! I couldn't believe it!!!