I love fog and the element of mystery it adds to the landscape.
A recent foggy morning carried into another wet felting experiment:
And here is the wool after the addition of soap, water and alot of elbow grease!
The white wispy look also reminds me of cobwebs. If I were to do it over, I might put less on, as the leaves are a little too obscured - but I can also use stitch to alter that. Here is the opposite side:
I also was at a day workshop with Sue Nylander about fitting a vest or a jacket and came away with a variety of measurements that I hope are correct, since me and my partner in the workshop kept getting different numbers when we would double check. I don't know if I'll use any of the information since I have hardly ever sewn clothing or worked with a pattern - but at least I have some guidelines, now. The jacket I sewed before the workshop still needs binding and I hope to get to that soon. Oh - and I signed up for a felting workshop with Ulrieke Benner on Saltspring Island at the end of the month. I am wanting to clear my fog about specific textural things and she is very flexible in teaching what her students want to know.
A recent foggy morning carried into another wet felting experiment:
And here is the wool after the addition of soap, water and alot of elbow grease!
The white wispy look also reminds me of cobwebs. If I were to do it over, I might put less on, as the leaves are a little too obscured - but I can also use stitch to alter that. Here is the opposite side:
I also was at a day workshop with Sue Nylander about fitting a vest or a jacket and came away with a variety of measurements that I hope are correct, since me and my partner in the workshop kept getting different numbers when we would double check. I don't know if I'll use any of the information since I have hardly ever sewn clothing or worked with a pattern - but at least I have some guidelines, now. The jacket I sewed before the workshop still needs binding and I hope to get to that soon. Oh - and I signed up for a felting workshop with Ulrieke Benner on Saltspring Island at the end of the month. I am wanting to clear my fog about specific textural things and she is very flexible in teaching what her students want to know.
7 comments:
so the leaves stay in the felted piece? do they not crumble when dry? I guess I don't understand the process here, but it sure looks interesting.
Deanna - I used a piece of wool that I had previously oak leaf bundle dyed, and then nuno felted it.
ah...i knew i was missing something. thanks for the explanation.
Stunning....fog is a great inspiration. Peace, Mary Helen
Enjoy your workshop, Yvonne. Ulrieke is a fabulous teacher. Can't wait to see what you produce.
A felting class on Salt Spring Island, how wonderful! I'm originally from Vancouver and still regret that I never visited. Of course, my wild and wacky artist ways came about after my moved to Toronto, but who's telling? Your felted piece is very interesting. Now that I know that it's was originally bundle dyed, I don't need to ask the question on how you kept the leaves from crumbling. LOL!
Mary Helen - thanks and yes!
Marny - I plan to learn as much as I can and I like that Ulrieke wants to teach what we're interested in knowing.
Anne Marie - oh that's too bad you missed out on Saltspring while you were living so close to it! There is a fabulous fibre art store there called Stitches and it's such a gorgeous place.
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