To Kill A Mockingbird's Necklace is FINISHED!

I couldn't find THe bead so I made it. What do you think?

My little "soap" doll. Made her out of polyclay and once hardened, I used an exactly blade to refine details and give a whittling appearance.

I had to dig something out to show how she lays with the other pieces.

So here it is.

This is the story of the necklace and the book:

Scout starts out as an innocent. She's all white and pure. Her life runs parallel with her community (the 2nd strand) a mix of dark and light. After she experiences life-changing events, she changes. still the same person, (same bead design) but little parts of her changed (going from white to black).

The changes I show are the camillia (actually given to Jem), the fire, Boo's gift of the soap doll, and the testaments of faith and God.

Did you catch all of that?

Might be changing the "To Kill a Mockingbird" necklace

http://www.instructables.com/id/Altered-Scrabble-Tile/

This instructable shows how you can add images to scrabble tiles. The instructions are succinct and just make the ideas just flow on how I can add a bit of personality to the necklace.

The originator is http://blog.spottedsparrow.com/ you should visit her site for more tutorials. The woman is amazing with her craftiness.

Mockingbird work in progress

I don't want to give too much away. But I like it so far. I haven't tied off the ends yet in case I want to change.

To Kill A Mockingbird

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this book the local library is showing art pieces representing the book.  I know, I know, it's not a gallery but I am getting my talent seen, right? So, I've been ciphering on symbols of the book and what makes it gothic. Trying to show the loss of innocence and the darkness that the human animal embodies. It's a lot to take in. But, I'm starting today working on a design. Don't know how far I'll get before I break it all apart and start over. lol