Showing posts with label Jackson Pollock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jackson Pollock. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2016

"Pollockian Pre-Felt" Purse- Part 4

The bag is turned inside-out for further felting...


                                              ...and a little judicious stitching...

                         ...closes up the open areas on the (fiddly) flanged bottom.



                                                 The fully felted bag (side one)...



                                                            ...and side two.



                                                          Blocking the bag...



                                                                ...for drying.



                           A strap and button flap are cut from a sheet of blue leather...



                                                 ...and are stitched into place.



                                       Some close-ups of the bag's blobby texture.






                                                   The finished purse (alone)...


      
                                                    ...and with two earlier...



                                                           ...blue bags!! ;)



Thursday, August 4, 2016

"Pollockian Pre-Felt" Purse- Part 3

 Adding layers of wool to each side of the resist...


                              ...and fashioning hanging loops at the purse opening.



                                             The final layers of wool are added...



                                           ...and the rubbing and rolling begins.



                                                      Mid-way through felting...



                                 ...the project is beginning to shrink and to thicken.



                          After removing the resist and turning the bag right-side out...



                                     ...the project is rolled in different orientations...





                                        ...to achieve the desired size and shape.



                                                  Next time: the finished purse.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

"Pollockian Pre-Felt" Purse- Part 2

Cutting out two pieces of pre-felt.

...using the purse resist as a template.


                              Placing one of the pre-felt pieces on the foam resist...

                                        ...and covering it with a layer of silk gauze.



                                  Adding several remaindered snippets of pre-felt...

                                             ...to some of the more open areas.



                                   Covering the project with a layer of wool roving...



                                                  ...and flipping it to side two.



                                     Folding in the pre-felt margins from side one...
                          

                                    ...adding the second piece of trimmed pre-felt...

                                        ...and covering it with a layer of silk gauze.



                                 Applying pre-felt and gauze to the 'flange' section...

                                                        ...in the same manner...



                     ...and covering the whole shebang with additional wool roving.



                                             Next time: felting begins in earnest.

Sunday, July 31, 2016

"Pollockian Pre-Felt" Purse- Part 1

Laying out narrow...


                                           ...dampened strips of wool roving...



                                           ...onto a large piece of bubblewrap.



                                           Wetting out the project and felting it...

                                                   ...just to the pre-felt stage...
 

                                             ...and drying it on a yoga ball.



                                           To me, this colorfully chaotic pre-felt...



                       ...has a rather Pollockian poured and dripped appearance! :)



                                   Placing a foam resist onto the pre-felt surface...

                                                     ...as a cutting template.



                                         Next time: I apply a layer of silk gauze.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Spain and Scotland 2016- Part 4 (Museo Picasso Málaga)

After a menu del dia...


                                        ...at the atmospheric El Pimpi restaurant...



                                         ...we popped into the Picasso Museum...



                                   ...with its scrumptious carved wooden ceilings...





                                                    ...and lovely courtyard...

                                  ...to see a traveling exhibit on Jackson Pollock.



                                             On view were his early influences...



                                                       ...works by Warhol...



                                                                 ...Seliger...




                                                             ...Motherwell...




                                                                  ...Matta...



                                                  ...and his wife, Lee Krasner.



                     A small collection of Pollock's own works completes the exhibit...





                                            ...which culminates with a mural...



                                        ...commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim...



               ...and a filmstrip of the artist (who died, sadly, at only 44 years of age)...

                                 ...painting on glass in his signature kinetic fashion.



                          We ended the day in the main shopping district of Malaga...



                 ...where we treated ourselves to wonderful homemade ice cream.



                                               Mine was dulce de leche!! (Yum!)



                                                     Next time: a bit of felting!