No matter how hard I try, the colors around me always seep into my work.  Now that it's winter I'm adding more black to my formula to get a deeper color.  Next I want to explore adding lots of black to yellow and see if I can get "deep chartreuse."

Art for the Wall
Tahoe Blue nuno felted merino on silk with Beads.
First I made a jacket.  I felted the remnants onto a wool rug backing.
The added beads following the shibori lines.
The colors are the same colors of blue we saw when we visited my son who lives near Lake Tahoe.

Hemp Roll Collar Duster

Hemp roll collar duster, size medium.  I cut the fabric in two pieces and shibori dyed them separately, pole wrapper, pre soaked in a soda ash solution.  I used yel orange with black which created the greenish hue.  I used to try and get all the white out.  Now I surrender and let it become part of the texture and design.

Hand felted using the FeltLOOM
Alpaca, merino and silk gauze
Shibori dyed, pole wrapped
How to shibori dye
For a primitive effect, the bottom edges are unfinished

Raw Silk Duster with Crepe Scarf

What I learned with this duster is the difference when I presoaked the raw silk in a solution of vinegar and water.  I rope wrapped each piece which was precut for the finished design. The patterns are more fluid and pale.  There is move diversity of colors.  At first I wasn't pleased, however, the more I have viewed and pondered the finish duster, I like it.  The crepe scarf uses the same colors of red, orange and yellow which have been shaded with black.  It was not presoaked, therefore the colors are deeper.  This is one of the looks I plan on featuring in the next Lexington Fashion Collaborative Future of Fashion 4 on June 22 

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Layer your busy life and gather your memories and tools to make art now!

Learn how to create the formulas for the colors that surround you and create a legacy

 

Live the life of an artist by responding instead of reacting!

Create wearable or displayable art

using alpaca, wool, and exotic silk.

Experience the new

UK Fiber Program FeltLOOM,

and the shibori technique for dyeing silk or wool.

 

 Workshop

 Sunday

^{July 8 and July 15}

9 am to 1 pm

 $90 plus supplies

 

Extra time on the FeltLOOM now availble for FAI and UK students.

$45/hour by appointment only

 

Follow color theory and everything you do will be beautiful.

Trust me.  It works.  Even mistakes will be beautiful. 

If I don't like it, I know that someone else will like it!  

Slowly, I'm getting back to my art making routine

Filling every station with a work in progress

Nuno felted merino and alpaca 

waits to be wrapped

Raw silk, rayon and cotton

Wait for a theme, a palette to descend upon me

More for summer? 

Tangerine Copper

 Or is it time to fall into winter? 

Blue Violet

Yesterday I dyed two 44" charmeuse silk scarves in rainbow colors

Today I start a fire in the wood stove

To hasten the drying

When Living a Layered Life There is No Not Process

Shibori

Silk Chiffon 

and 

Merino felted to Silk Devore

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Dress in the window

Shibori

Two 36" square

5mm China Silk scarves

Pole wrap

Fuschia, purple and violet

March 2012

Kentucky Crafted, The Market

Lexington, Kentucky

Black Fire

In preparation for my art opening the theme is Fire.  I'm trying to see how many different ways I can dye fabric, and make art within the concept of Fire. And in some cases I'm trying to see how large a piece of fabric I can make and shibori dye.  This piece of 1/4 pound merino and black devore silk is Nuno Felted on the FeltLOOM, pole wrapped, then shibori dyed in orange, red and purple.  The black side is the silk, the colorful side is the wool. Either side could be considered the "right side"  It started out being 45" by 72".  After felting and fulling the final size is 35" x 64" not including the natural edges which vary in size from 2 to 3 inches. This soft and beautiful piece of fabric can be used as a wrap, a throw, or hung on the wall.   Find it on Etsy     

Alpaca and Locks felted with Silk Chiffon

If you're wanting to dye Alpaca, nuno felted with silk, this is a wonderful fabric.  Soft, and very light weight.  Quarter pound alpaca batting and locks were felted with 8mm chiffon using the FeltLOOM.  This piece is not yet fulled making it great for dyeing that needs to be rinsed.  


Find it at Etsy

Fire, Alpaca and Silk Felted Yardage

For designers, collage artists, fiber artists.  Yardage!  Or is it yARTage?  Alpaca and silk, red, orange, purple, 40" x 32" excluding natural edges on three sides. Perfect for sewing project or embellished for wall art. Display it as is, or cut it up for your own art. Natural edges, vary from 1"to 4" and do not have any silk which makes it nice for felting.  $90     Find it on Etsy!

And Then Purple

What to do with leftovers?  I felted merino wool and silk using the FeltLOOM, then shibori dyed it in three shades of purple. These were remnants of a larger piece which became a vest. Wanting no waste, I overlapped the long strips and felted them again on the FeltLOOM. Could be worn as is as a scarf or tie, or cut into pieces for your own project. Natural, irregular edges are great for felting. The widest is 5.5”, the narrowest is 2”    
Find it on Etsy

Green Shibori Felted Merino and Silk Tie

What to do with the leftovers?  It's the same questions with meals.  After I've made something beautiful with the wool I felted on the FeltLOOM I have all these beautiful pieces of fabric.  Truly  there is no not art.  The fabric in pieces is as beautiful as the full piece.  I can't throw it away.  My most recent discovery is to felt these long pieces together using the FeltLOOM.  So fast, yet wonderfully funky, in its own way.  Four inches at the widest part, 2" at the most narrow.  Or cut it up.  It's okay with me, and make your own art!  Order it on Etsy

Wear It or Use It

Art is Everywhere
Make Art Now

Using your imagination, this could be a funky scarf, made on the FeltLOOM from scraps of leftover shibori dyed felted alpaca and merino wool and silk , or it could be art supplies for making your own art.   The widest part is 6.5”  the narrowest is 1”. The natural edges are alpaca and merino, the body is silk. The art is up to you!
Find it on Etsy

Wildat Blue Alpaca Wrap

Wildcat Blue, Alpaca wrap, handfelted on the FeltLOOM, then sibori dyed.  Great for yardage, easy to make into a poncho.  $250

Find it on Etsy.  To learn more about the Shibori process you can view it at:

SHIBORI

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83006063/deep-blue-soft-and-cozy-alpaca-wrap

My First How to Video

My latest and greatest iMovie is now available on YouTube. You can view it at:
SHIBORI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzG48yK-D9s

Shibori Fire

How do I pole wrap 22" x 80" merino and silk with locks?
My first "How To Video" with music by Larry Vogt

You can view it at:
SHIBORI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzG48yK-D9s

Fire Sunset Waiting

Four pieces of alpaca, felted on the FeltLOOM, wrapped around a pvc pipe and shibori painted in shades of red, orange and purple, dry in the sun.