symbol project is complete! 'you are not trapped', 2025, by me, B (: i'll reblog this with the reasons behind my choices for all the elements i included, but i'll describe it visually below!
extended image description of the symbol project in the video and the photos: A highly sequinned symbol made of felt, with three teardrop suncatcher pendants hanging from it. The symbol base is a rhombus with 90 degree angles, and is bright green felt with a stripe of red felt forming a border, and then a stripe of deep blue felt forming a concentric border around that. In the centre of the green field is a yellow shape made up of 6 arrows pointing outwards
extended image description of the symbol project in the video and the photos: A highly sequinned symbol made of felt, with three teardrop suncatcher pendants hanging from it. The symbol base is a rhombus with 90 degree angles, and is made of bright green felt with a stripe of red felt forming a border, and then a stripe of deep blue felt forming a concentric border around that. A yellow shape made up of 6 arrows pointing outwards, connected at the centre, is stitched in the centre of the green field. At the tip of each arrow is a small blue eye made of felt, with a holographic star sequin stitched into the center of the pupil. The six eyes form a ring, and each eye faces a slightly different direction if they're viewed from the centre of the arrow shape. When they're viewed as a set, they appear to be looking around the circle at each other, with two facing 'upwards' as the project is suspended from a silver thread. The green field is covered with tiny sequins which catch the light and look iridescent, but they look translucent when the light hits them in a certain way. The red stripe around the green field is almost totally covered by a row of pearlescent sequins nearly the whole width of the stripe, with clear beads sewn into the middle of each sequin. Around the outermost stripe which is deep blue, small pearlescent beads are blanket stitched with silver thread to form a decorative border. The symbol hangs in the air from a silver thread through the top corner of the rhombus, and from the two side and the lowest points of the shape hang teardrop suncatcher pendants strung from silver thread with three holographic star sequins on each one. The number of sequins in various forms across the whole project makes the symbol very glittery when it catches the light, and when light shines through the suncatcher pendants they cast rainbows. It's designed to be hung in a window so it can gently move, catching the light and sparkling.