The Secret Garden
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" on the 1st of April is "reflection in a spoon". The day before the announcement of the theme, I had been shopping with a dear friend in a Japanese paper shop. Both she and I bought papers to use in our photography, since we are both avid photographers. One piece I bought was of stylised Japanese chrysanthemums in mauve green, blue, gold and white which have been gilded. It is this piece of paper I decided to use for the theme. Taking up a soup spoon from my canteen of best cutlery, it was only by accident that I discovered that by holding it on an angle over the paper, it created an effect of making the blooms appear smaller and smaller until disappearing entirely. I really liked the effect, creating a secret garden on the underside of my spoon. I do hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile.
The Secret Garden
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" on the 1st of April is "reflection in a spoon". The day before the announcement of the theme, I had been shopping with a dear friend in a Japanese paper shop. Both she and I bought papers to use in our photography, since we are both avid photographers. One piece I bought was of stylised Japanese chrysanthemums in mauve green, blue, gold and white which have been gilded. It is this piece of paper I decided to use for the theme. Taking up a soup spoon from my canteen of best cutlery, it was only by accident that I discovered that by holding it on an angle over the paper, it created an effect of making the blooms appear smaller and smaller until disappearing entirely. I really liked the effect, creating a secret garden on the underside of my spoon. I do hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile.