While I'm trying to find inspiration for the tiny 'Circle' quilt that has me stumped.....my attention got turned to another project.
On our 90 minute daily mandatory 'forced march' up and down our mountain roads, there's lots of time to view nature. Last year, small piles of pine needles caught my attention and were ultimately used to embellish one of my hand dyed thick felted wool fabrics.
I was very happy with the results and even more delighted to find more needles this year. To keep them from drying out and becoming too brittle, I sprayed them generously with polyurethane.
The wool has been stablized with Pellon non-fusible interfacing and the hand stitching has begun. This is fairly tedious work done with a light hand because the needles are still a bit fragile.
MOUNTAIN PINE NEEDLES
14" x 8"
Artist hand-dyed and felted wool, embellished with pine needles, rusted cotton cording and hand embroidery.
This piece would benefit from framing to protect from dust. Artist will frame on request for buyer or ship as is if preferred.
Really lovely. Inspired choice for background - totally unexpected backdrop for these needles, thus makes the whole thing more dramatic and interesting.
ReplyDeleteReally cool! Waste not, want not, right!
ReplyDeleteLovely background and interesting combination with the pine needles.
ReplyDeletebest, nadia
Love this! Who could think a simple thing like a pine needle could look so beautiful in a work of art. Come see me on Off the Wall too. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteReally like this. it makes a very interesting landscape.
ReplyDeleteyour are inspiring
Wow, how inventive is that? beautiful.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, Mari! It reminds me of the photos of a wonderful photographer I just discovered, Eiko Jones...this reminds me of her cloud of tadpoles shot...just because of the verticality.
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