Sunday, June 03, 2007

Second attempt from India

It's been a while since I last wrote. I've just put up some more robes and pieces up on eBay namely 2 robes, 2 apron skirt wraparounds and 2 collars. One of the collars was on eBay previously but it did not work out, this time around in a collection I hope it goes through. But more of that later.

I received my pieces on my second attempt at beading from India. Alas they made a crucial mistake and it's not valid, but I'm putting up pictures of their efforts to see the improvement from the previous attempt. This is another phoenix from the same Ming Dynasty kesi piece I did the first attempt, and I put it in shades of Ming Dynasty blue-white porcelain, as well as a more Cantonese green background. Here they are:

It's not that bad, and I'm asking them to redo it in the proper dimensions and scale, as this one is very squashed. With that, I can make a fair assessment on whether or not to go ahead. Keeping fingers crossed! Otherwise I'll try China or the Philippines!