I was busy today making samples for a felting class and working on the 1st quarter challenge making a piece inspired by Jackson Pollock.
The felting class will be for high school students at an “art retreat” and I’m going to teach them to make a cell phone case. The theme is “Intergalactic Disco Carnival”. So I thought a “cosmic cell phone case” would be the perfect class. This photo is a little dark but you get the idea.
I also made this one with cheesecloth on one side. This is some of the cheesecloth that I recently dyed. I sent pieces to Zed, Ann and Lyn and they are going to play with it to. I just used a tiny piece – I have lots more to try.
And I did finish my 1st quarter challenge piece but you’ll have to wait to see the final photo. I’ll post about it on the Felting and Fiber Studio site next week. This is the pile of pre-felt that I used to make it. I also worked on my ice flower piece but didn’t have any photos because it got to dark. I’ve gotten all the flowers and leaves sewn down. Now I need to sew it on to the background fabric and attach the “twiggy bits”. I haven’t ordered the stretcher bars yet. Got to get that done.
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The cell phone cases look great. I can’t wait to see the Pollack piece. Have fun!
Thanks Marilyn!
Or the finished flower piece!
I am ready for that one to be completed 🙂
The cellphone pods look good, I particularly like the 2nd one.
Look forward to seeing your other pieces finished. 🙂
Thanks Judith. I like the second one better too. The texture of the cheesecloth is wonderful.
I love the purple side of the phone case, I’m itching to add some angelina fibres to it….
Very curious to see your Pollock piece too….
Thanks Teri – I’m sure the angelina would add to it but somehow I’m not a sparkly kind of girl. Plus I decided since I don’t have much time for this class that I can’t give the kids too many choices. So I couldn’t add extra fibers to the sample if they won’t be able to use those fibers. For first time felters, I think angelina is a bit tough to get it stuck down since it’s such a large fiber.