My Own Work

I'm working on designs for wall hangings right now in between my illustration work and developing ideas for an exhibition coming up in the summer. I find working in this style relaxing. A bi of prefelt  other early scraps of pre felt mixed in with recycled fabric some chiffon and recycled sari silk and some stitching here and there..

MORE NEW WORK BROOCHES

SEA CREATURES... experimenting with quirky designs here is a sneak preview ..
These brooches are made with lots of techniques including wet felting with pre felt and vintage fibres and and various felting techniques and stitching and needle felting.. a real mixed bag and  lots of time working on and learning a lot as I go

NEW WORK

Here is some new textile work .. a sneak preview  firstly some mini wall hangings.. these were made using wet felt techniques and some needle felt work afterwards

TEXTILE JEWELLERY WITH A DIFFERENCE

Textile jewellery with a difference. . Some textile mixes  and using felts fabrics and all sorts to create fun pieces.

LITTLE BAG AMULETS

These little bag amulets can be worn around the neck I have used some wool in the  fringe that was spun by a friend in the outer Islands of the west coast of  Scotland

Memory Book

I have been teaching how to make these books as a source of therapy in reminiscence  projects for people that have impared memory and have produced various ones for sight touch smell etc but also for just keeping little things in. Some of my other students have crated textile books for nursery rhymes, children's stories, the seasons, old photographs and many other uses.
Here are some sample pages from a book of smell.. smell is one of the things that take you back in time and its a great way of starting a conversation about the past..

This book was full of herbs and spices and Iv used techniques in wet felting such as  nuno felting and pre felt

Nunno felting a few samples

Here are a few samples of  nuno felting using scraps of found fabrics

Trying something new

I decided that I wanted to try mixing up things a little, so I wet felted a basic bangle and then added all sorts of scraps sewn in old shrunken jumpers, cord, needle-felted thin fibres and re wet felted into the piece. It took a while and I managed to put the felting needle right through one side of my finger and out the other side and I stared at amazement for a moment before the pain hit and I yanked the needle back out.. but anyhow after some trials, (some thicker fabrics just didnt look right) I ended up with this design just right for the Party season!