Sample Project 2013 - November

Aaaaahh... nearly there! And thoughts begin to turn to next year's weekly sample project - or is there even going to be one, maybe this madness has gone on long enough? Hmmm.

Week 45: Waterfalls
(Photo of Cotter Force, Wensleydale)
Three layers of black felt with Tencel fibres embellished over.

Week 46: Moss-festooned trees
(Photo of mossy woods in Glen Orchy)
Wool yarn embellished onto brown felt branch, with trailing ends. Branch then embellished onto suiting fabric.



Week 47: Colourfully banded fungus

(Photo of polypore fungi)

Free machined straight stitch on muslin stretched in a hoop.

 

Week 48: Elgol five ships legend

(Photo of Elgol, Skye)

According to legend, the name Elgol derives from a sea battle fought by the Picts and Scots against the five ships of Aella, a lieutenant of Vortigern (5thC ruler of southern Britain).

Ship outlines free machined on hand dyed calico.

Interviewed!

Published today - an interview about me and my work on TextileArtist.org.

It's much more revealing than this blog's ever been - I'm glad you can't see my bright red face, it's not a pretty sight!

But thank you Joe and Sam, it's an honour to be part of this great textile art resource. The website is full of fascinating features and interviews - if you haven't visited before, grab a cuppa and make yourself comfy, you'll be there a while!   

Sample Project 2013 - October

Another five sample month!  My John Muir Trust Wild Nature Diary is getting nice and fat now, with textile samples sparked by the weekly photos.

Week 40: Bracken among heather

(Photo of Cumbrian fells)

Purple scrim embellished onto green felt. Bracken fronds made by free machining on dissolvable fabric.

 

Sample 41: Confluence of two streams

(Photo of two Cumbrian becks merging)

Built in machine embroidery pattern stitched on Kunin felt in two different shades of blue. Cut out then twisted together.

Sample 42: Kingfisher plumage

(Photo of kingfisher)

Orange and turquoise/blue wool fibres embellished onto white wool felt. Free machined spots.

Sample 43: Giant's Causeway polygonal columns

(Photo of Giant's Causeway)

Hand stitched on paper with stranded cottons.

Sample 44: Hedgehog spines

(Photo of hedgehog)

Kunin felt embellished with hand dyed scrim. Hand stitch with stranded cottons. 

Sample Project 2013 - September

A good exercise in rapid responses to the subjects this month, no time to dither or work as carefully and intensively as I usually do! Must be good for me, right?

Week 36: Pine marten tracks

(Photo of two pine martens)

Free machined paw prints on white Lutradur over black woolly fabric, then burned away with soldering iron.

Week 37: Moth wing pattern

(Photo of Merveille-de-jour moth)

Built in scallop pattern embroidered unevenly on Kunin felt. 



 

 Week 38: Channel cut through sand on beach

(Photo of Mellon Udrigle beach, Wester Ross)

Beige wool felt embellished through shiny patterned polyester fabric from the back.

  

Week 39: Beech leaf skeleton

(Photo of beech wood)

Free machined on brown Lutradur then zapped with heat gun.