Lace felt course

Already day 2 at the atelier,sun shining and lots of work being done.

Bushes draped in Devore lace-so much work there isn't enough space to hang it up,so our little bush is dressed up in its best.

This is Eileen's lovely piece,produced from a screen which in turn came from her drawing of some old lace.

A piece by Sarah,to echoe the large piece of felt made yesterday and then cut carefully into a beautifuk design.Tomorrow we will begin the work of combining fabrics,light with heavy,plain and textured.Very exciting to watch it all grow.

More experiments

 

Terrible picture! I'm using the fabric I dyed in Aus in samples which I hope will eventually give me a piece based on what I saw on the Hawkesbury river.The silk is Habotai and has been felted onto merino wool to give this texture    I want to make something which  will be a memory for me,so this silk is a wedding dress leftover.The light was very bad yesterday when i took the photo but the colours are all from plants in the park near my daughters flat-names yet to be identified.I love this method of felting.

Another sample of felt ,layered and cut into,which came from all the aboriginal art i was absorbing ,both in Melbourne and Sydney.There are 3 layers and i need to consider the colours,but this seemed a good way to start,because the white helps me to see what i am doing better than a colour closer the underlying layers.Now,i need to do some natural dyeing to get the colours i need I also need a computer which will stop typing my words in strange places i didn't intend them to go!