More Experimenting

This is a photo my current Embellisher experiment. The solid red fabric in the background is pre-felted fabric from FiberFusion. The oriental fabric on the left was placed face down on the red felting fabric and then needled punched with the Embellisher. This created all the texture that you see on the piece in the fore ground. The felting needles pushed the front side of the fabric into the pre-felt fabric and created loops of threads. Since I was felting from the back side of the cotton fabric and the single thin layer of pre-felt fabric was on the front side you can slightly see the pattern of the fabric through the pre-felt. I love all the texture it created and can't wait to use this technique in my next creation!

End of Temporal Works

My exhibit at the Metcalfe Museum in Durham, Oklahoma ended August 31th. "Time Worn" (9" x 14") is the only piece that sold. It was purchased by Lynn Deal, the art director, and even though it is one of my favorite pieces I know it has a good home now.

The FAD Group is planning to have a group exhibit in the fall of 2009 at the Metcalfe Museum. That should give the group enough time to have new pieces to exhibit!

Another Place In Time

"Another Place In Time" is my latest felted piece that has been sewn to a painted canvas and framed. The frame isn't pictured but it's a plain contempory black frame. I painted black stitch marks on the canvas to correspond with the stitching on the felted piece. It has been wet felted, needle felted, and machine needled felted then hand embroidered and beaded. It's made from a merino wool batt, merino felting fabric, and wool roving.

I really like this piece. I don't make decorative items so most of my wall hangings don't match my decor but I actually think this will look nice in my living area (if we ever get finished with the remodel!).

I'm sorry, I still haven't figured out how to arrange photos in Blogger. Maybe one of these days I will learn how.