It’s been busy, busy in the studio the last few weeks….and maybe more busy in my head as I clear house and make way to fulfill my destiny (doesn’t that sound grand! It just popped into my head…..You could also read…. solidify my Fall/Winter/Spring creative calendar….Shuffle the deck to create an order that allows me room to achieve my dreams and ambitions….hmmmm…that’s rather grand too…..maybe that’s just the way of things…. It’s a day of good air, clear thinking and aspiration!)….
Now while the head is busy with it’s big goals…little projects emerged from the hands….I was making very thick, firm felt for a table top, and made a smaller piece alongside. The wool was about 4 inches high, about 8 layers deep….first two layers of Finn wool, then 4 layers of Friesian, then two more layers of Finn….I used the Friesian to create a more “bouncy” layer in the middle….It worked well for the intended purpose……I decided to cut the small piece up into simple shapes….
Then dyed and overdyed….and hand embroidered. And I loved having these tiny projects to work on in the evening….Handstitching is so serene…so slow and peaceful… it feels like the perfect ending to a feltmaking project…the closing of the creative circle that starts with a meditative, quiet laying out of the fibres…then gets physical…more and more so, with the feltmaking….then slows down again through the dyeing and comes to a meditative resting place once again, as the the last stitch is made and last french knot snipped! My stitching is simple…but paying attention through the process adds a lot to the work for me….so very satisfying…..
These have all been delivered to
ArtCraft here on Salt Spring and I’m making more for
Knotty by Nature in Victoria…..and I hope they sell well…..simply because it would be pure pleasure to make some more!
In balance to these small makings, I’ll be posting about my upcoming plans….
tomorrow…just a few more pictures to find, and a couple of details to be arranged….and 5 scarves on the felting table needing to be finished! On we go!
Hope your having a sunny, wool filled, creative weekend (maybe full of good air, clear thinking and grand aspirations too!)!
Warm wishes,
Fiona
Hi els! Some big work stuff coming today…although it's more about other people's work! 😉 I need to do a proper photo shoot to show some of the big projects I've be working on….hope to do that this week!
Creative energies…it's all such an ebb and flow, isn't it? There are certainly quiet times…and they make room for some wonderful projects to emerge. Time in your lovely garden must certainly be wonderful! Gardening can really take over making in the summers….as can so many other things- like beautiful new babies! Your work is always amazing!
Great to see you're working so hard ! Always fun when you do the work you love most and seeing such lovely results ! Waiting for the results of the BIG work ….!
(sorry to say that I still can't get started: too little time and too tired …. it will change soon (I hope) 😉 !!!)