Before Steve and I went to Spain, I finished and shared Tidal Wave X here on my blog and on social media accounts. During the trip, it sold to one of my favorite collectors. It was packaged and shipped shortly after we returned. I was already working on a large tidal wave but I kept thinking about all the little things that I still had laying on my work table that just didn't find a place in that miniature piece. I decided to stitch another miniature tidal wave.
Before starting, however, I worried that I wouldn't have enough "stuff" or at least enough "interesting and colorful stuff" to fill the wave. I spent at least an hour searching through saved Ziploc bags, little boxes, and on shelves where "objects" are stored. It was surprisingly easy to find things to use. Soon, the pile increased ... a lot! I knew that I had "too much" but "too much" is better than "too little". There's choices. Designing a miniature tidal wave is really fun but also challenging.
There's got to be balance of colors, shapes, heights of the objects, and relationship to the background. Yet, a miniature tidal wave also allows me to use a scrap of a quilt, one not large enough for a good-sized Found Object Mandala. I'm really pleased with this second "miniature" and I've already started more. In fact, I've started four more miniature tidal waves!
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