Sunday - Anything Goes

How do you take a decent photo of a mirror?  This is the best I have managed so far.  I was trying to get one without me showing in it.

This was the best of a rubbish lot of pictures.  So why am I showing it to you?

This peacock started with a real live bird on the outside window ledge of Hunters Inn in North Devon.  I then turned it into a parchment piece, which a very clever member of the family (Sam Morrison-Williams) proceeded to engrave on glass for me.  

It has been on the wall in the conservatory since then, one of the few pieces of art that will not fade in the sun.

A couple of weeks ago, I watched Maria Moorhouse demoing the Pentart Mirror Mist, a spray (one for glass and one for plastic) and the deciding factor was the ability to replace missing silvering on the back of old mirrors.  I have one that needs sorting in a couple of places.  Then I thought of this engraved peacock and thought how good that could be if I turned it into a mirror.

So, that is what I did this morning.  I took it all apart, cleaned and de-greased the back, before spraying the whole thing.  I reckon it worked beautifully apart from a couple of bits in the corners, where my spraying was not too good.  I think the problem was the speed it dried in the stuffy heat today.  

My decision now is whether to re-spray it more carefully or whether to leave it looking a little shabby chic.  What do you think, folks?