In the Studio this week Carol Fagan In the Studio this week Carol Fagan

More zero waste art

In this close up image you can see how I created this page in the Zero Waste Journal. It is coffee packets with textured yarn and black net that has then been free machine stitched over in a leaf design . Another idea of stopping so much waste going to landfill.

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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