Here is the image of the finished sign as promised, I choose the oak leaves for the corners as I hope to plant some of my land with decidious trees and oaks are one of my favourites. I just had a little shaving to do this morning to bring up the clarity of the colours (check [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Picture of the finished felt road sign!
Posted in Felt, tagged Felt, Felting, road sign, sign on December 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Felted road sign in progress, keep the comments coming!
Posted in Felt, tagged comments, Felt, Felting, fulling, Mehmet Girgic, rug, sign, wool on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As blogged about yesterday I continued creating my new felt road sign yesterday afternoon. This is going to be a prototype so please keep the comments coming! Thanks to Micki and anyone who left helpful suggestions on Flickr, I need a selection of ideas for the wording, whatever I make needs to be clearly seen [...]
Craft Gossip and feedback please for felted road sign
Posted in Felt, tagged advice, blog, Craft Gossip, Felt, Felting, Nuno, sign, Studio on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many thanks to Linda Lanese from Craft Gossip who has just written an article about me and put it up on the internet! Craft Gossip have all the latest news from real crafts people telling you about the real stuff. They scour the net looking for the best craft ideas and projects and review them for [...]
Felted sign and Happy Holidays!
Posted in Felt, tagged Christmas, Clasheen, Felt, Felting, handmade, homemade, Mehmet Girgic, Osman, Osman technique, presents, scarf, scarves, sign on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This evening I am planning on making a felted sign to hang at the top of my lane. I have been debating for some time what to put on it, Clasheen, Felting Studio, Studio, Nicola Brown, Felt, any ideas??? I would like to hang it up whenever I have an open house or a workshop [...]
Display at party and mosaic nuno.
Posted in Exhibitions, Felt, tagged artist, carder, chiffon, cotton, drum carder, Elizabeth Cope, Felt, Felting, hemp, linen, merion, neck wrap, Nuno, Shankill Castle, silk on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today Alan and I will be going to a drinks party at Shankill Castle, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny, home of Geoffrey and Elizabeth Cope. Elizabeth is a well known artist and Shankill was actually the place where Alan and I both met, we lived there in the late ’90s and over the Millenium!! After last weeks [...]
Felting flops
Posted in Felt, tagged cord, Felt, Felting, rabbit, Sigrid Bannier, squid on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s twent past four now as I write this post and today has been a bit hit and miss so far. Carmen was meant to be coming over at lunchtime for an afternoon felting but has been delayed by several hours. In the morning I finished one of her Christmas presents, a nuno felted neck [...]
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Comments, felting problem discussed and Clasheen New Year Stash Swap
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Clasheen, Clasheen Crafty Swap, comments, Felt, Felting, fibres, layers, merino, New Year, sign, stash, swap, wool on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thanks everyone for responding to the last few posts that I have published in relation to the road sign. I have to agree with those of you who said that it did NOT explain what I was doing, I know it doesn’t but I also agree with those of you who said that it would stand [...]
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