We all would agree that we have been seeing various kinds and varieties of dreamcatchers. We also would agree that each one is more attractive than the other. So how about dreamcatcher earrings? Yes, handmade and customised to your taste in colour and style. We have used fabric and the burn out fabric technique to make these earrings.
Fevicryl Fabric Colours - Salmon Pink 65, Greenery 67, Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery White 707, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, Fine Art Brushes, Half a meter beige Polycot Fabric, A4 White Paper, Yellow Carbon Paper, Pencil, Incense Stick, Ready packet of green & yellow feathers, Green Glass Beads, Thread, 2” radius Metal Earrings, Needle & Thread, Colour Palette, Water Container.
On paper first Take an A4 white paper, draw a small mandala design that you like on it. Keep in mind that it's going to be a pair of earrings and it has to be made in a pair too. Trace the same mandala design 4 times on the paper separately. On the polycot fabric The earrings need to have a substantial base, so we have used polycot fabric for that. Trace the design on the polycot fabric using yellow carbon paper. Once it's traced, paint the mandala pattern with Fabric Colours – Salmon Pink 65 and Greenery 67. Let it dry completely.
Using LE – White 707 very delicately outline the design for it to look attractive and stand out.
A new technique for earrings, the fabric burn out technique, for which firstly, take a burning incense stick and burn out some of parts as per the mandala design on the fabric. We require the jali effect to be created and this would give exactly that look. Be careful and slow while doing this process as the burning out happens rather fast. Make 4 such designs. Next carefully cut along the outlines of the design and stick them back to back for sturdiness with the help of Fabric Glue. To give it a earring shape – take the small metal ring and stitch the mandala design along the circumference along with the colouful glass beads. Lastly, the final touch, attach the feathers towards the bottom part of the earrings and there you have your dreamcatcher earrings.