I confess I have been a bit slack about posting lately. Sorry about that but I have been doing bits and pieces of felt making and dyeing. I dyed these pieces from my workshop with Yvonne Habbe a couple of weeks ago but have only just got around to taking photos of them. I think most of them turned out really well.
This one is about 4 inches long and I am tempted to stitch some beads into the cleft down the centre and turn it into a brooch.
This was my spherical pod from the first exercise on the workshop, I’m pleased with how the rainbow dyeing has turned out.
I love the colours and floral shape of this piece but it is too large to be a brooch – maybe a small bowl?
I have been making lots of these to test out how different wool breeds behave in these small sculptures. This one already has a brooch pin on the back.
This is another brooch, it wasn’t intentional but after adding the dark beads it now reminds me of a pomegranate.
This sculpture (about 10 inches tall) reminds me of a tellytubby – again that wasn’t my intention at all when I drew the template and started shaping the felt!
This piece still needs a bit of work, I think I will stitch down the curly tips to hold them in a tighter spiral and add a brooch pin to the back. It measures about 6 inches across.
OK – so the eagle-eyed amongst you have probably noticed this one and the next have not been dyed, instead they have been treated with a cellulose based stiffener.
Not sure if anyone else has tried making a hollow cube from felt? This has to be one of the most difficult things I have tried to do with felt, as you pull and stretch one side to straighten it you end up pulling another edge out of shape. I plan to add some stitching to this one, more on that next time.
And finally, a little tease, this is one of the bag designs I have been working on since Yvonne’s workshop, it is actually a coin purse (or will be) that will have a matching handbag.
Have a great weekend!
Linking up to nina-marie, off the wall Friday
Teri, I'm lost for words!
Teri, I'm lost for words!
Amazing work! I can't even imagine how you made some of these shapes.
Amazing work! I can't even imagine how you made some of these shapes.
Thanks Laura. To be honest I don't know how many of the template shapes will turn out either but it has been a lot of fun exploring different shapes.
Thanks Laura. To be honest I don't know how many of the template shapes will turn out either but it has been a lot of fun exploring different shapes.
Thanks Felicity – I will take that as a compliment 🙂
Thanks Felicity – I will take that as a compliment 🙂
So creative and unusual! What awesome small sculptures.
So creative and unusual! What awesome small sculptures.
that's the coolest display of felted stuff i've seen!! Awesome girl. I love that footed curlicue thing! How are you dyeing them?? love it!
lee Anna Paylor leeannaqults at gmail dot com lapaylor.blogspot.com
that's the coolest display of felted stuff i've seen!! Awesome girl. I love that footed curlicue thing! How are you dyeing them?? love it!
lee Anna Paylor leeannaqults at gmail dot com lapaylor.blogspot.com
The dyeing worked wonderfully and your "teletubby" looks like a pretty exotic flower to me.
I used a plastic cube, as you would use a shoe last, to bash my felt cube into submission.
The dyeing worked wonderfully and your "teletubby" looks like a pretty exotic flower to me.
I used a plastic cube, as you would use a shoe last, to bash my felt cube into submission.
Wowza! These are all great. I agree with Lyn that the "teletubby" looks very floral. The shapes themselves are amazing but then when you add the dye colors it really finished them.
Wowza! These are all great. I agree with Lyn that the "teletubby" looks very floral. The shapes themselves are amazing but then when you add the dye colors it really finished them.
Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Thank you – the "curlicue" thing is my favourite piece, I'm trying to figure out how to turn it into a lamp shade over a colour changing light. I have been dyeing them with acid fast dyes, literally dripping different colours onto the pieces after they had been soaked in vinegar.
Thank you – the "curlicue" thing is my favourite piece, I'm trying to figure out how to turn it into a lamp shade over a colour changing light. I have been dyeing them with acid fast dyes, literally dripping different colours onto the pieces after they had been soaked in vinegar.
Thanks Lyn. How did you get the plastic cube out of your felt cube once fulled?
Thanks Lyn. How did you get the plastic cube out of your felt cube once fulled?
Thanks Ruth – I am starting to see the exotic flower you and Lyn can see. I confess this was my least favourite piece in it's first incarnation, after some reshaping and dyeing it is starting to grow on me… That's probably why I see a children's character while you guys see exotic flowers 🙂
Thanks Ruth – I am starting to see the exotic flower you and Lyn can see. I confess this was my least favourite piece in it's first incarnation, after some reshaping and dyeing it is starting to grow on me… That's probably why I see a children's character while you guys see exotic flowers 🙂
My cube had no bottom (but on display you'd never know!).
My cube had no bottom (but on display you'd never know!).