Blending different fibers for art batts.
Shimmery sari silk waste.
Some finished batts...
...with big chunks of color...
...and in all different colourways!
Laying out project # 1: a peanut-shaped resist bag.
I have a lot of oddball fibers in my stash...
...and in late summer, I thought it would be fun to utilize my drum carder...
...and make some sassy mixed-fiber batts!
I blended bits of wool and mohair, tussah silk, alpaca...
...variegated pencil roving, sari silk waste and cotton sliver...
...into these interestingly-textured batts.
The first project is a (ho-hum...the 'usual') peanut-shaped resist bag...
...but after I had felted this one, my middle daughter took it away for embellishing...
...and wait until you see how cute it is!! :)
Next time: the finished bag...
...plus a sneak peek at project # 2!!
7 comments:
oooh lovely! One day I will get a drum carder! I've been catching up with your blog and all your work looks so amazing, so colorful and such quality! what an artist!!!
Congrats!
o heather, i should do the same, so many odd bits, but i'll have to waittil christmas holiday to make time for this. i don't havea drumcarder myself and go to : moeder aarde (annemie koenen) to card my stuff. must buy one myself sometime:) looking forward to the finished project!!!XXXXXXX
:) Heather, I am amazed by your speed, one piece after another, when do you sleep?
Mariana--You're sweet...thank you!
Riet--I met Annemie at the Fling this summer and she is lovely. I think it would be fun to spend some time carding fiber with her!! :)
Monika--Hahaha...remember that my 4 daughters are all away (grown or at college)...so for the first time in nearly 30 years, I can choose to do what I like...and lately it's been making felt!! :)
Looks like fun making a new fiber with all the colors you like!! hugzz...peebee
Still more embellishment to come? What fun!
Peebee--I recently bought a different carder drum that can cope with chunkier additions and it's lots of fun to play with.
Rachel--Buttons were my daughter's idea!
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