final four and the big to do

Today I resolved the final four pieces in the overall repeat pattern for my project. Yay! Ready to meet them? First up is a larger piece, about four inches wide. It's named Kennet, after another of Morris' designs that I love.

This tiny little leaf pin--each will be made from some ornate picture frame and my wrapped stem. This piece will simply be titled "leaf."

This is another teeny tiny pin, titled "Acorn." I have been loving having a few nuts in my pattern and couldn't resist filling in a gap with another. The carved leaf adds to the turned nut form nicely.

Finally, I present you Compton--this is a name I've been drawn to for the entire project because this is the first pattern by Morris that I ever attached to. I don't remember specifically, but I think I had a notebook or journal with this pattern when I was a teenager. It's one of Morris' most vibrant patterns to my mind, and I thought this petaled flower was perfect, even if it has a less flashy palette. In addition, this is appropriate for the last piece I'll title in the repeat because the pattern "Compton" was designed by John Henry Deale for Morris and Co. in 1896, the year of William Morris's death.  Upon Morris's death Deale was appointed Art Director of Morris & Co. 

Since my Kickstarter campaign ends on Monday morning, I thought I'd spend the next three days trying to give my backers an idea of what the one of a kind elements that will surround the repeat pattern will look like.  I have been making and collecting some forms along the way of designing the 32 in the big repeat section, so that I can put together about 50-100 additional pieces that will live outside the boundaries of the 24 section repeat. This is where the installation will start to grow wild.  By Sunday night, I will be able to give you a pretty good idea of what these pieces will look like and will post another last minute update before the campaign ends.

A reminder about Kickstarter supporters and how it will work--the people who pre-purchase work via Kickstarter from this exhibition will be able to choose first from the finished work in this show.  I will document every piece, and after the show is installed, post images online. Everyone will pick their pieces, with a few backups, and I will reserve them based on a ranking system: moving through the support levels from the highest to lowest, and from the earliest supporter in each level to the most recent. For those of you who haven't supported yet, now's the time to get on board! For any of you who have supported already but may want to adjust your levels, you are allowed to do so until the funding period closes at 11:11 am Pacific Standard Time on Monday, September 20th.  

I will leave you with this image of the giant task list I made up today. I have a huge month ahead of me assembling all the little parts into the jewelry, so I thought it best to make a small checklist for each piece so I can keep on track and combine tasks where I can.  My goal is to have all pieces assembled by October 1.  Can I do it?  We shall see!