If you happened to be driving through Elvedon Forest in north Suffolk last Monday and saw a "mad woman" standing in the middle of the road with her camera, then it was probably me! This avenue of trees is delightful at all stages of the year, and my photo doesn't really do it justice as it was such a gloomy day, but it's like driving through an autumn tunnel.
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| Elvedon Forest |
Now for the bumps - when I visited the
'Out of the Fold' Exhibition in Bury last month I saw a small textile piece that involved shibori felt. It fascinated me so I've had a go myself. I dyed some wool prefelt in the microwave (don't worry I have a separate bowl from the food bowls!) and embellished it a little with silk fibres. Then I made silver foil bobbles, wrapped the fabric round them with elastic bands and felted it in the washing machine.
Then I added threads, french knots and beads. It's all stitched onto some Indian rag paper. The whole thing, including the paper is only about 21cm x 15cm (it shrank
loads in the machine). If I'd thought it through I would have done the french knots and beads before I couched it onto the paper, but I didn't, so it was a bit fiddly.
From this angle it looks a bit like an alien landscape!
What will I do with it? No idea, but it was fun making it!
