Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It is brilliant to have readers all around the world and really nice to discover whenever any of you have special days that you like to celebrate, to those of you Stateside I hope that you have a wonderful day.
I promised you pictures of the completed work from last Saturday’s workshop at Clasheen as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chiffon’
Happy Thanksgiving, completed pieces from last Saturday’s workshop, size of my new hearth rug
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged Felt, Felting, silk, chiffon, workshop, wet felting, wet felt, Clasheen, felt rug, felt workshops, wall hanging, felt wall hanging, felt workshop, silk chiffon, hearth rug, felt hearth rug, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My nuno felt skirt!
Posted in Felt, nuno felt, tagged Felt, Felting, Nuno, silk, linen, chiffon, nuno felt, wet felting, wet felt, Sigrid Bannier, mosaic nuno, nuno felting, mosaic nuno felt, silk chiffon, nuno neck wrap, nuno felt skirt, felt skirt, nuno skirt, mosaic felt on October 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I thought it was about time that I uploaded some images of the nuno mosaic skirt that I made during German felter Sigrid Bannier’s visit to Ireland during August.
The main body of the skirt is made from four cotton gauze nuno mosaic panels and the cummerbund section around the waist is also nuno felt, this time hand [...]
Brilliant start to the felting workshops and images of the felt basket!
Posted in Felt, nuno felt, workshops, tagged Felt, Nuno, scarves, silk, merino, scarf, chiffon, nuno felt, wet felt, Sigrid Bannier, Sigrid Bannier workshops, nuno felt workshop, silk chiffon, felt scarf, felt scarves on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today we have completed our first day of Sigrid’s workshops and everyone left extremely happy with the result of all their efforts! Three of the participants were total beginners and the other three visitors were experienced felters. The workshop today was ‘mosaic nuno’ and Sigrid had organisied a simple way of ensuring that the beginners also completed [...]
Complex felt bag workshop continues
Posted in Felt, Felt in Focus, tagged bag, C1, chiffon, felt bag, felt workshop, glass, Lyda, Lyda Rump, merino, sample, silk, woo, workshop on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know that you have already seen an image of my first sample but here is a close up so hopefully you will be able to follow what I am talking about!
Lyda had brought a great selection of glass nuggets with her for us to share (apparantly cheap and easy to get in Ikea, roll [...]
Nuno felted tote
Posted in Felt, Swaps, workshops, tagged Felt, Felting, Nuno, silk, merino, chiffon, nuno felt, bag, wet felting, fibre, swap, wet felt, Clasheen, Nicola Brown, tote, felt tote, felt bag on April 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Felted tote bag with detatchable corsage
I am really exhausted this evening as I have had another training session for my tourism course and have been trying to tidy my house in preparation for tomorrow morning’s workshop, obviously it is the tidying up that has worn me out!! The weather has been really unsettled as well making [...]
Quick post …..
Posted in Felt, tagged bag, chiffon, Drumlea, feedback, Felt, Felting, merino, silk, tote on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a really quick post to say that I have been felting mad over the last few days and also writing up the ‘Craft in the Classroom’ blog for Drumlea. Thanks Deb for leaving a comment for the children, they were absolutely THRILLED! I know that they would really appreciate any feedback from all around [...]
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 [...]
Light as a cobweb
Posted in Felt, tagged bangle, chiffon, cobweb Bernie McCoy, Felt, images, merino, mulberry, photography, portfolio, scarf, silk on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another image Bernie McCoy took, this time a featherweight scarf and a bangle made from undyed fibres. This scarf is one of my mother’s favourites, extremely light and amazingly warm! The wool used is merino and I added quite a lot of mulberry silk which creates a nice sheen when viewed from different [...]
Another delivery inspires!
Posted in Felt, tagged Art Festival, Carlow, chiffon, Eigse, merino, mixed media, nest, organic, pod, silk, window, Wollknoll on June 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My second delivery from Wollknoll arrived yesterday and I could hardly wait to get stuck in to the box. Not having much free time to mess about I just ripped it open and decided to create a new piece immediately!! The colours of a gorgeous merino dictated what I made, an organic looking pod/nest with [...]
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