Expressions of Love

I was extremely proud to have my "Nubble Light" felted wall hanging on display @Handworks Gallery of American Crafts in Acton.  The "Expressions of Love" exhibit   featured individual works by local artists and craftspeople made for, or to honor a loved one.

Pay it Forward project

Cheri's Bouquet
15" x 15" Needle felt on wool

Inspirational photo

Origami "Ningyo" Doll cards

Hand made origami "Ningyo" dolls made with Yuzen, Washi, and/or Chiyogami papers.  Notecards (3.5"x 4.78")  for that special someone,  or start a collection for yourself.

"Ruffled Feathers" are flying

Not to be confused with the other birds, these are needle felt scultures that look fabulous hanging in the window...

"Folly"

"Folly" was created as a "pay it forward" gift for my 8 year old neighbor Sofia. I had an opportunity to watch her during one of her lessons and was very impressed with how students learn to ride and take on the responsibilities of caring for the horses before during and after their ride.

Larry

Larry - custom needle-felt pillow ~12" tall, based on the photo... Hope the recipient likes it as much as I enjoyed creating Larry (the pillow)!

New Birds in town...

King Piggie

Time to get ready for the Holidays!

The Angry Birds look forward to seeing you there!

Blue Pod

Just podding along...

Pods

Outdoor gardening season is over... Time to create indoor pods!

Mouse in the house

It's getting cool outside, so the mice want in.... I don't mind this variety

My First Droit

Finished another workshop and created my first "Droit" just in time for pumpkin picking. Loved learning how to apply joints so that the arms, legs and head can move more naturally and with his huge feet, can stand on his own - no wire armature needed!

Fall is in the air

...and the pumpkin harvest has begun

Orange Octopus

I was inspired to create the orange octopus using some of the pod workshop techniques combined with felting over wire armature for the legs... love his eyes!

More worms are popping up

Having fun creating these little creatures -need an ample supply to start online sales.

Anglin for a bookworm...

Wanted to create a whimsical worm for both anglers and book readers...

 

and these fun creatures emerged. Both wet and needle-felted over a wire armature.

Feels like a Van Gogh'ish day

We're now on day 5 and counting of cloudy skies, rainy days and nights. I wanted to felt something sunny and bright and thought of sunflowers. I "googled" sunflower images and was immediately drawn to Van Gogh - however, I already created a Van Gogh'ish sunflower wall hanging in 2008...

...so back to the drawing board - perhaps it's a good day to start "Starry Night" - stay tuned!

Not Fiberart - hopefully inspirational!

Haven't spent any time in the studio to felt lately, however my cherry tree is in full bloom and will hopefully inspire me to get some felting started...

PODS Workshop

Just finished a 2-day felting workshop with the talented Andrea Graham at New England Felting Supply in Easthampton, MA.

I've been waiting over a year for this workshop to be offered and it was well worth the wait.

My first pod (based on a lotus flower pod) taught me the basic structural techniques along with learning that I need to concentrate more on color contrasts. It was pretty good for my first pod (the seeds "look like froggy eggs")

I tried to incorporate many of the techniques and decided to create a "sampler". This pod is ~14" long

The workshop was just what I needed to get back into the studio and create some fun sculptures.