{"id":11879,"date":"2019-06-11T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T08:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11879"},"modified":"2019-05-10T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:48:08","slug":"akhenatens-headdress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/11\/akhenatens-headdress\/","title":{"rendered":"Akhenaten’s Headdress, Rethought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Original<\/a>
Original Headdress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Of course, I had to take off the gold headdress when I decided to make another attempt (and another, and another!) at the face. Then, when I looked at it again, with my new version of the face in place, and still more new ideas swirling around in my head, I decided that it wasn’t quite right, either in shape or in conception, and needed a little more help…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blue<\/a>
Blue Twist And Brass Mesh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First of all, I think the first piece of gold kid I cut was the wrong shape, but secondly, and more interestingly, the cobra doesn’t really stand out against the gold kid, so I decided to try again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I began by folding a piece of brass mesh and attaching to it a loop of the same blue twist I used to emphasize the edging of the belt. I had thought that this might be rather tricky, but the brass mesh is fine enough to take stitching without too much trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point I should probably say that from the base to the top of the loop here is no more than a centimetre. This is all very small and very fiddly indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n