More 3D Vessels
Well it's been a while since I've posted. Time flies when you're having fun and are retired. I've done some more 3D experiments. I'm intrigued right now with constructing dimensional objects with fiber and using my felting machine. The photo below is a piece of felt for the base fabric and then what I call "collaged felting". I felted various scraps of fabric and did some free motion stitching and felted the center of fabric scraps attaching them to the center with felted yarn to form flower petals. Then I added some fabric paint to the flower edges and also some acrylic paint to the base fabric. This was a flat piece of fabric for about 3/4 of the time and then I formed it into a cylinder and felted the seam. I actually added the flowers after I formed the cylinder. It just snuggly fit over the free arm of my machine. The finished product just fits over a large drinking glass or inexpensive glass or plastic container, making a more interesting flower vase.
Cylinder Vase Cover I
Cylinder Vase Cover II
The second Vase Cover above is an abstract piece made with metallic organza, scrap red fabric, alpaca yarn on a piece of prefelt.
This next piece is a free form bowl shape made almost entirely from remnants and scraps laying on my table and floor. Sometimes I go into my sewing room at night and just want to work for an hour or so and just play with what ever fibers are laying around. I took all the pieces of yarn and fabric and sandwiched them between bridal netting and then felted it. I also added some white gauze and felted again. Then I layered that piece on top of some metallic organza and felted again. The metallic organza give the piece an almost starched feeling and thus it has some form able body. I decided to try and sculpt in into something three dimensional. From the underside I began felting thin tucks around the bottom to form a rectangle base and then I felted short diagonal tucks in each corner to bring up the outer sides. This could just set on a table like a bowl or be hung on the wall in a group with other ones of varying sizes.
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