
Victorian paperweights---a luminous pale aqua flower on a darker teal background backed in black silk, framed in old gold and with a border of flowers.
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Dark flowers (charcoal and silver) surrounded by a rose and violet colored Oriental carving---all floating against a background of indigo and black.
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Pretty much what it says: pewter "buttons" with brass rims decorated with blue, pale green, and vermilion "confetti." The background is black spotted with green. Definitely a retro look, like something you might unearth from your late great aunt's junk jewelry drawer or sewing basket. The rather somber background undercuts any hint of frivolity (and the dark pewter color of the "buttons" do their part as well. They have the enigmatic look of objects whose function is known but no longer relevant and which cry out to be repurposed. It seems somehow wrong to throw them away.
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An experiment with a glass mosaic effect. I think it works! A tile decorated with circles. Each circle is filled with flowers surrounding a circle of green and white leaves. . Colors are rose, violet, green, yellow, blue grey, and old rose. It really does have an antique appearance.
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A ring of painted leaves against a yellow sunburst surround a mandala in red and green, potent pagan colors. "Ask the Green Man where he comes from." You won't get any answer. This is a humble propitiation. I hope he'll give us one more chance, but I am not sanguine.
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Silver and black, with spear points and jagged edges and military formations. Or you could just see it, as I do, as a pretty arrangement of silver, pewter, and black in a metallic silver frame.
Or you can go with a less conventional version: a heavy silver "chain" on a black background---off center to express the destabilizing effect of such a force---and bounded by stripes in black, mother of pearl, silver, and taupe.

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