Green Sea Star enameled brooch photographed on print of stock photo from http://tigers-stock.deviantart.com/art/480-underwater-partition-01-294143847 … an experiment to compare colorful background image to no color for background.
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I really like the blue. It looks like it is underwater.
Hi Gail, thanks for the comment. That is the idea I was going for… without including sand, seaweed, etc..