My latest Working in the round- Feathers and Fleece
I have been working on art work within a metal ring for some time now. I have just completed this one. It is worked over chicken wire with textured yarns and surrounded by Feathers stitched onto a narrow ribbons
The latest in my working in the round series. This piece is worked on chicken wire attahed to a 35 cm iron ring. Some spaces were filled in and then edges of all the chicken wire were button hole stitched around. The feathers were stitched onto a ribbon and sew onto the back of the ring which had been buttonhole stitched with carpet wool
What is my current Textile Focus
My interest in textile art is wide and varied. My focus at the moment is on completing panels for my scholarship project Parallels in Maori and Celtic customs and art. I am currently working on a Tromp L’oeil piece that represents the Winter solstice coming through a gap in the hills that was important to both cultures in mapping their seasonal world. the centre piece is hand embroidered and now I am trying to complete the effect of adding small pieces fabrics to create the effect I am looking for