Experimental Artist

Well one thing leads to another. I decided I needed to do a series and needed a theme. A walk along the shores of Lake Ontario with its driftwood pieces made me think about what lives in the lake. Fish came to mind. Then I saw something about Invasive Species and decided to do my interpretation of that theme. How do I incorporate felt, driftwood and the sashiko/boro inspired stitching together to address this theme. One piece of driftwood screamed "I AM A FISH TAIL" to me, and so it is now a fish tail. This piece is a work in progress. It still needs fins, a back, and to be attached to the wooden tail. Delving into my inherited fabrics from my mother allowed me to find interesting fabrics that I then embroidered around the patterns using a light gray pearl cotton thread. I did purchase sashiko needles which made my life much easier. This is a detail shot below of the head.

Teaching Nuno felting and weaving on pins..

There is a woman I met at the library (Sara) who wanted to learn nuno felting so I had her come over Sunday afternoon and we spent 5 hours in the studio. She created a beautiful piece but I had to send her home with it only partially done. I will see her on Thursday and hope to get pictures and check to make sure its felted enough. Hoping to have her come back soon for more felting fun. While I was helping her I snooped around in my bins and found a pin weaving half done for a fiber art card. I took it upstairs and finished it. Then started another one. Its a nice little take with you to keep your hands busy kind of thing. I made Sara a small pin weaving board that I will give her Thursday. She does a lot of knitting and has bits of yarn left over. The board is very easy to make. Here is mine with another weaving. I take two pieces of foam core and duct tape them together around 3 edges. Tape a piece of graph paper on the front which helps me to align my pins...