A quick google
search of venetian carnival masks convinced me that this idea had enough scope
for a design. In fact, there was enough to inspire an entire collection of
designs, but as that has probably been done before, I decided to limit myself
to one. It's worth google searching though, because there are so many beautiful
and interesting designs. The huge range of different masks made it incredibly
hard to decide what direction to take this design. In the end I based this
bolero around a mask that was similar to the one in the sketch below. (Or at
least reasonably similar, there's been a bit of artistic license in this
sketch.)
This design features
braiding around the main part of the bolero, with gold embroidery in swirling
patterns all over. Originally I had this design in gold, so that it matched the
mask it was based on a lot more. I tried this design in six different colours,
(I have a whole OneNote page filled up with this design in different colours)
but in the end narrowed it down to these two. Black with red braiding, and a
very dark green with bronze braiding.
I hope you liked
this design, it is part of my 'Designs inspired by Art' project. For more
designs, check back here next week.
Bolero image and design and Venetian Carnival Mask
Sketch Image © Bronzedale
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