I am so frustrated I feel like exploding this morning. Having backed my documents, pictures and videos successfully (I hope) my computer was restored to factory settings last night and is worse than ever now, I didn't finish working on it until 12.15am and have been back...
Today has been an excellent day for seeing several of the book projects through from start to finish. Firstly I tackled a highly textured nuno felt scarf, then a 50% silk 50% merino scarf/neckpiece (need to think of a new name for this!), next I felted a really...
[caption id="attachment_2626" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Glass beads glistening against the silk and merino felt"][/caption] I hadn't intended posting any photos of new work that will be going in the book but couldn't resist this shot demonstrating how the glass beads glisten against the felt in this silk/merino scarf! It...
Working on our new book has really forced me to write down ideas as they come into my head and document projects on paper more than I would otherwise tend to do, for me a lot of my documentation is through this blog but sketching...
As mentioned in the last post Borris Active Retirement had a 'show and tell' exhibition last Wednesday and I think this great picture of Mena with her felt beret and large bag sums it all up! Still having ongoing computer problems (and now no anti...
It is 14.52 as I sit down to write this post and although I had planned to felt from dawn to dusk today I haven't managed to get one piece of wool or silk laid out yet, UGH!!! I have decided to keep this brief ...
Thanks to Andrea who left me a message on Facebook suggesting that I try dying my unsuccessful white on white little felt bag. I really do need to study the dying process properly but I find that there's only so much time in one day and...
[caption id="attachment_2589" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fossils at the shore near Enniscrone"][/caption] I have just returned from an unexpected visit to Alan's parents in Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. It's a long drive from here, about 4 hours on rural roads no matter which route you take or how fast...
On Friday afternoon I felted a little white on white bag incorporating some lovely vintage lace which I got at The Tim Thimble last year. The lace incorporated really well into the merino roving I used, I didn't however like the finished result anything...
OK, Wordpress is behaving extremely funnily at the moment so forgive me if this the pictures in this post are not where I wanted them and they don't have any captions. This morning I had a revelation, you all know by now how much...
Finally, at last I have managed to upload details about the two 1 day workshops I will be facilitating in Michigan this May to the workshop page and amazingly this time they have not caused everything else to hop all over the place or disappear altogether!!! Our venue...
Unfortunately there has been an unexpected scheduling problem at Urban Fauna Studio in San Fransisco, rather than cause endless problems for myself, Jamie and Blas we have decided to change our 2 day Spring workshop to the Fall instead. I am really sorry for any inconvienience to...
Over the next few days I hope to upload pictures from our last CRAFTed session in Kilkenny. Some of the girls have taken more images and these will be send to me on a disc but for the moment here are 3 pics from this...
Our final joint session for CRAFTed takes place tomorrow morning but I am not saying that our collaboration ends there, rather it moves into a new phase. By lunchtime the girls will have finished their individual projects and hopefully be well underway embellishing their squares for the group wall hanging. ...
[caption id="attachment_2529" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Little felt vessel sitting on the wall"][/caption] Dorothy, Betty, Una, Mary and Ann behind their fabulous bags!Time is of the essence at the moment, apologies for the lack of words but do head over to look at yesterday's photos and here is...
