Sketch done by eye from a photo of the previous overlay - very much something I wouldn't have tried a few years ago. Acrylic marker on gauze - it would have been much easier with the gauze held taut.
I wonder whether this would be better for the overlays?
I really think that this is going to work. It works better from further away, and I still need to work out how to mount the gauze and whether I need to tweak what I put on them.
But here is Nefertiti, hovering in imagination over the excavation of the city her husband built.
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#CrestForTheDig
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Ok, so I've added the ribbon border. It will now need some jiggling to ease it into place before I attach it to the velvet stele.
But, progress!
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Rachel Wright