new work

I started this year with some felting.
The end of last year I got the Lily-necklace workshop
of Anikó Boros as a present.
I've admired her beautiful work for quite some time.
(I think she learned a lot from Judit Pócs)

(I knew already how to embed stones in felt
and then made my own version, just trying to figure out a lot
But it was not as "clean" as I wanted it
so this present was a welcome excuse to start all over again)

First I did a simple necklace using a lot of small pebbles
and another one with a pendant with one stone,
but just now I made the one I had been thinking about,
for my firekeeper daughter !

I'm very happy how it turned out !
(More so because I made a major mistake when I made the last "coat"
and nearly couldn't open up the golden stone inside !!!)

A LOT of work, but totally worth it !

THANKS Anikó
for a wonderful workshop !

day 16

It's not easy to draw a mandala

when there's a small boy

who tells you to help him with building 

a big tower of the LEGO blocks,

or wants to make a drawing together

or sit on my lap when I am drawing ...

But I managed,

he was playing and building next to me !

The Pink Ribbon mandala for day sixteen

"I'll show you the way"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A5)

the mandala itself is 12 cm  (5")  in diameter

sold

If you would like to have this original artwork or you think 

it would make a nice present for someone dear,

please let me know at fiberrainbow@gmail.com

It costs  € 16, -  (+ postage)

The money all goes to Pink Ribbon

for research on breast cancer.

I LOVE circles (that might be obvious by now ...)

and I LOVE stones

(in my kitchen)

So much fun being together

(he will be waking up from his afternoon nap soon)

soft stones

Right before Christmas I will experience

for the second time

what it's like to have a stand on a fair

(the first time, last year on a Spring Fair wasn't exactly a succes,

but ... why not try again)

I don't like to make things just because

I want to sell them,

it kind of hinders my free creativity.

So now I must find things to make that I like doing

ánd that are salable

This is one of my first tries :

soft stones

I took some real stones

gave them a felted jacket

and started stitching.

Because it is a Winter Fair I thought it appropriate to start with white

Simple stitches, but the combinations are fun to do

Sorry, almost forgot to give Lisa credit for her felting tutorial

which is very helpful for a lot of people.

paper, scissors, stone ... ?

Still waiting

but the last of my secret projects

is finally finished

(only a few stitches, but that can only be done later)

(these are only tiny sneak peeks)

Having done these, it's no wonder I could

continue on the next task,

a task Jude is asking for ...

After all the feathers that flew out to her from all over the world

for her Magic Feather Project

she now is ready to start with the vast project

of giving all these feathers a place in cloths

that Wendy Golden-Levitt will use in her work with children.

To balance the light feathers and the blue sky-fabric

she is in need of stones

No,

not real stones ofcourse

but stones made out of fabric !

( in needle-turned applique )

That's why I thought of the good old game

paper ... scissors ... stone

though here it will be :

cloth ... scissors ... stone !

It was really fun to do

and join Jude's stitching community again !

one made out of cotton, one of silk and the rest of silk velvet

(or what was left of that after using discharge paste)

*

After some wet and cold weeks

there finally is a bit of sunshine

(though that will not last long, I think)

Time for the garden !

A lot of green !

and bits of blue ...