Joomchi Felt Cowl

  This is a really special project. Made for a very dear friend for her 50th birthday.  The inner layer of felt holds 50 pockets.  One for each year….Some of the pockets hold little tokens that reflect an element of her life…like three beads- one for each child….these inner pockets are reminiscent of healed wounds, scars…..life experiences that make us the people we are….and with the layers of felt in this piece, not always in plain view.

 The overlayer reflects on all the windows through which others see our true selves. The angles and influences….what we allow them to see and when. How open we are in some areas of our lives and pasts, and how closed and private in other areas…..

This was a complex layout…felted all in one piece, seamless, and therefore with multiple resists. The layers as light as possible, without compromising their strength…..

Then the dying…..Shifting colours…..a light and a dark side. The multitude of emotions we feel…The cowl can be worn with bright, light, exuberant colour showing out, or turned to be more demure, reserved, introspective….The whole piece can actually be worn the entire surface detail on the inside….like a full skin obscuring all the goes on inside….The circular nature of the design speaks to continuity, process, life cycle, and a wish for 50 more wonderful years…another turn of the wheel…..

It was such a pleasure to develop this piece….and venture deeper into the process….I am grateful to my friend for providing me with the opportunity to make something for her, inspired by her….and for all our years of fibre talk and support…. Love, love…..
Warm wishes,
Fiona

2017-08-02T16:58:15+00:00

13 Comments

  1. jambolaja June 25, 2014 at 12:25 am

    Beautiful and clever gift from a wise woman. Good to have such a friend

  2. Cynthia Cetlin January 25, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    beautiful cowl!

  3. Fiona February 12, 2013 at 3:43 am

    Thank you everyone for your comments! I've been away from this space as I have been launching felt::feutre- Canadian Felting week…It felt so good to get some time back in the studio this week, off the computer, and then to come back here today and read all your lovely words….thanks again!

  4. Loco Lindy February 10, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    So very special and beautiful!

  5. Angela January 30, 2013 at 7:34 am

    I love this cowl, both the colours and the texture

  6. Karolina Zienkiewicz January 27, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    Wspaniałe barwy. Takie wiosenne. Piękne.

  7. Jot. January 27, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Piękny kawałek, domyślam się procesu powstawania ale nie do końca 🙂 Pozdrawiam

  8. Florcita January 26, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Outstanding! Not only gorgeous as a piece as an art object with a deep concept backing it up, but also technically challenging and exuberantly executed.

    What a lucky friend you have 🙂

    • Fiona February 12, 2013 at 3:41 am

      Thank you Florcita! It is one of my favourite new surfaces in felting right now…lots to explore within it's pockets!

  9. dbk design January 26, 2013 at 5:22 am

    beautiful piece-love the explanation of the process and the way you created the piece

  10. vanti designs January 24, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    Beautiful in every way possible! Lucky friend:)

  11. E Strea Chikitu January 24, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    this is so beautiful!
    a stunning idea and so full of love and tenderness for your friend…
    she's a lucky one

  12. Ginny Huber January 24, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    An absolutely lovely idea and outcome; What a fine way to express love and fiber art and so many facets of both! xx