As I walked along the pontoon there was a pile of small, dark, irregular pieces of…what? I had no idea. On closer inspection it was fragments of corroded, rusted metal.
But they were beautiful!
There were threads of gold and red and even deep blues, purples and greens.
The textured surfaces looked like a richly dyed fabric with embroidered details. Stitches of brightly coloured golden silks meandering across velvety plateaus and dropping over sharp, dark escarpments.
As I took some close up shots of one shard in particular I was thinking what a wonderful design it would make for some fabric. The piece were only the size of a postage stamp but the image has been printed at over one metre square to create a unique scarf! It’s also been turned into a beautiful cushion.
On another design the same image has been repeated both vertically and horizontally, mirroring the original to create an interesting new design and a different scarf.
All these lovely items from a discarded piece of corroded metal…I mean treasure!
