Still playing with cutlery, thank you SO much Charlotte Kemsley; moving from mostly forks to spoons at the moment.
Two soup spoons were flattened by my husband. The center teaspoon was pounded just a bit to give a flatter spot for the image of the three little boys.
On the back of the spoon I added the words “the beating of his heart”. The charms were removed from a bracelet from the early 1900’s. The names of Edwin 3-30-08, Carl 10-18-12, and Meacham 9-1-15 are engraved on the bottoms of the shoes. I had the perfect image of three boys to add to the spoon along with the blue crystal heart.
The image of the Indian girl holding her papoose is just so precious, she’s a real beauty.
Deb of Lavender Rose Ramblings (don’t you love that name, two of my favorite flowers!) shared a fabulous resource with me. The New York Public Library Digital Gallery provides access to over 550,000 amazing images and more.
If you’ve not checked it out before, it is well worth the visit.
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them” ~Victor Hugo
15 responses so far ↓
Pauline // January 9, 2008 at 1:25 pm
wow.. your spoons are awesome!! i really love your indian idea!! fantastic!
keep up the excellent work!!!
fatmasplace // January 9, 2008 at 1:41 pm
you did it again;) wonderful artwork
Estivalia // January 9, 2008 at 2:19 pm
loved the mother and baby one : )
Deb/Lavender Rose // January 9, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Oh, I really like what you did with these altered spoons, Patty. Do you have a display place for them? How will you display them?
Hugs,
Deb
Bejeweled // January 9, 2008 at 7:48 pm
And so you are on to spoons! And they are fabulous! Who knew silverware could be so much fun? Love the one with the Indian girl and papoose, and the Victor Hugo quote to go with it
I’d love to see how you display them too. What a wondrous sight it will be with all of them together.
Thanks so much for coming to visit me and for your lovely, sweet comments! I’ll be back
Bejeweled // January 9, 2008 at 7:55 pm
And thank you so much for the insight on bending the forks! I really appreciate it! Now … I just need to go find some!
kathy // January 9, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Hi again, new to seeing your blog, I got it from Jeri’s blog. I did spoons like this (minus the dangles) for Christmas ornaments. I couldn’t get holes in them, no matter how hard I tried! Yours are fab.
Lennie // January 9, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Had time tonight to go back and look at your spoons again in my depth than the first time. Just love the way you have done the first two spoons with the photos in them, oh my, so nice. What a grand idea. I have my baby spoon, which is now 75 yrs old and i am thinking it might be fun to do something with it along these lines using a photo. Will show it to you sometime. Keep having fun and sharing the joy! Lennie
Jeri Aaron // January 9, 2008 at 11:03 pm
These are so good Patty – I love the indian one – I thought it was a wooden spoon but see the handle looks silver.
Mandy // January 10, 2008 at 3:38 am
how amazing i’ve never seen anything like it
rein // January 10, 2008 at 4:38 am
What a beautiful piece,
love the colours and the image!
Cec // January 11, 2008 at 3:14 am
I’m preignant and your spoon inspired e! so beautifull and romeo’s eyes so deeply!
Xela // January 11, 2008 at 5:08 am
Your ideas are fabulous!
kankie // January 11, 2008 at 5:16 pm
You and JJJ work well together! I can’t even find the words to tell you how I feel about the spoons. Speechless.
Belinda // January 13, 2008 at 6:06 am
wunderschön!!!!!!! just got my somerset and how could i have missed this post last time!? fab article. there was a similar one also in the first somerset home issue i think. maybe you can peruse it somewhere.