Good Evening...well after another busy day (it seems life keeps getting in my way so that I never have as much time to felt as I would like) I finally got back to my felt table. I told you yesterday that I would be showing more of my Fall colors work. I have made a series of wearables with the theme you will see in this evening's pictures. I made this capelet with super soft merino roving. I put into that mix some pockets or "windows of wonder" that contain all sorts of textures and colors. Unfortunately my picture doesn't begin to show you how wonderful all that is. There are shell beads, sequins, fibers of every sort all tucked inside - and it moves when you walk!
I also beaded along the edge with seed beads, pounded copper disks, and faceted jasper beads (more textures). Then a good friend of mine, who is also a silversmith, set a beautiful piece of Utah Jasper into a focal piece/pin (colors). I added dangles with more jasper and crystals.
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| Copper disks, seeds beads and faceted jasper |
Today, however, I was working on a whole new series in Autumn colors. I have put all my tables together and covered them with a blended mix of merino and silk in greens, brown and a pinch of red. Next, I laid pieces of different textured fabrics in themes of brown, gold or green down on top of the fiber and felted just until my fabric would not fall off easily. This is a prefelt. Then I cut circles out of the prefelt.
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| Prefelt in Summer/Autumn Colors |
These will become the focal pieces of what I hope to be: a coat, a purse, and perhaps more items. But that is a project for another day. Good night all!
Janet
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