Meet Mr. Brown

I thought it would be nice to post one of my felted fish rugs which I so enjoy creating.  Being a rug, these start out quite deep, up to six layers of wool before the design even starts.

I work up close with the piece, really focusing on the eye and gill area where I find their color to be most intense.  As a fly fisherwoman, I see these creatures incredibly beautiful and understand that in no way can I reproduce that beauty.  

Pam MacGregor Workshop!

I am the worst blogger, but I was just so excited to share these photos.  I just returned from Minneapolis where I attended a vessel workshop with Pamela MacGregor.   It was a fantastic few days of creative learning.   I loved meeting everyone and watching their inspirations become a sculptural piece.  Pam is a terrific teacher, I was lucky to have had the opportunity to attend.   Below is a photo of my piece,  

I have not named it yet......

A group shot.......  Not all the vessels are finished but I had to leave early to catch my flight and asked for a group shot before I left.  I wish you could see them better as each one had its own personality.

They were all beautiful, but I really loved the shape and lines of this vessel by Linda.

  

Felt United Community Rug

For Felt United the small town of Virginia City Montana decided to make a community rug to help raise money for a local non-profit.    It was a great project, the workshop ran from 9:00 to 4:00 on October 1st.  About 15 ladies worked on the project.  We felted like mad to finish this rug.  The piece was laid out on four 6' long tables joined together and once completed it was a little smaller than a piece of 4x8 plywood.  You can see that in the photos.  We are all so pleased with the outcome, a nice thick well felted rug!  Enjoy!

(The piece is still wet, it dried to true colors.)  

This rug is now hung at the Elling House Arts and Humanities Center to be raffled off to raise money for that non-profit.  You can visit them at:  http://www.ellinghouse.org

Felt United

Getting ready for Felt United!  I have so enjoyed the last few years and thank Elis and Cynthia for all their hard work presenting felt to the world in such a user friendly way.  This year I decided it would be fun to make it a community felt day here in my little town.  All the wool has been ordered and dyed and the plan is to meet on Saturday, October 1st at the historic Elling House and build a creative community rug.  I am hoping for sunny weather!

OK - here I go again, hopefully this attempt at blogging will be more productive!

It's finally summer in Montana and I have be very busy getting ready for the Jackson Hole Art Fair. I am looking forward to the July event and just hope for continued great weather.

This is a photo of one of my footstools that I will be taking to the show. It is felted with 100% Gotland, I love the strength of Gotland wool.

 

Yesterday, while looking for frames I came across and incredible fabric piece being framed in a local shop.  The artist was Merle Axelrad Serlin, and she works with layers and layers of fabric.   It was very inspirational to see.  

For my next project I will be working on a new miniature series that I will call "my America".  I am going to try and keep them all under 8x8 (framed) with of course the red/white/blue theme running through each piece.  I will post photos when I complete a few.

my first post..

Well this blogging will be an interesting journey for me. I am not sure how to begin so I will by posting one of my favorite little vessels.

This little felted vessel is made with Gotland and Merino. The gray is from Judy Colvin's Gotland sheep.  I love the way it felts! I also just love the simplicity of this little piece.