Back in October
Fran and I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at the Alexandra Palace and, amongst other things, I bought some Lutradur. For those of you who don't know, Lutradur is a non woven material that is slightly see through and can be dyed, stitched and distressed with a heat gun. Up until Christmas it had stayed in its bag as I wasn't really sure what to do with it, but having some free time over the holidays I decided to have a play with it. My first attempts weren't very successful as I didn't appreciate how much the painted colour would change when I blasted it with a heat gun. But I soldiered on and eventually created this piece, which I think must have been inspired by all the ice we've had recently.
Ice - 18cm x 13cm
It's quite hard to photograph accurately but I think you can see the gist of it (especially if you click on it to make it bigger). It's actually 2 layers of lutradur (the smaller blue central panel and the larger white one), fused to a background of pelmet vilene with painted bondaweb. Then there's some distressed polyester organza, some silver mesh and stitching, as well as the silver braid and beads.
I'm sure I'll look at it in a few months time and want to hide it, but just for now I'm quite pleased with it.
