tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50224447954222821802024-03-13T08:23:09.637-07:00FELTING matters... ...incorporating "The FELTED GARDEN" workshopsGILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-7627630923963503242020-05-31T00:09:00.000-07:002020-05-31T02:37:26.410-07:00The MAY garden...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The never-ending spring sunshine and clear blue skies over Freshwater Bay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> have been amazing during the past months of lock-down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">… for me ‘GARDENING has now become the NEW feltmaking... " </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The steep slope behind our house has always been a </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">challenge and over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the past 25+ years it has gradually been tamed into a garden!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No fences, just a few well-placed stones mark the boundaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We benefit from uninterrupted views across to our neighbour’s woodland </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and really appreciate the shade from the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">havoc </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">anything growing too tall… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BUT unbelievably these echiums have survived - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a mass of tiny blue flowers and bees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Falling foul of the recent gales they ended up in a vase, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">still looking magnificent, but not your usual cut flower! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sun is shining again, although the chill wind is blowing the daffodils </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">yesterday, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leap Day, at Seely Hall in Brook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It inspired </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all of us to get back into our feltmaking again,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> helped along by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lots of tea, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">home-made cake </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AND a glorious sunny day! </span></div>
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comBrook, Newport PO30 4ER, UK50.654173000000007 -1.44669329.884130000000006 -42.755284 71.424216 39.861898tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-76680200192646812382020-02-01T00:30:00.000-08:002020-02-09T03:19:42.201-08:00FELT OPEN DAY #3...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although there will be no formal tuition on the day I will be on hand to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">plus students' work </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and feltmaking in progress throughout the day, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">coming </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">up </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in March, April & May and will be taking bookings.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of Kangaroo Island which has been so affected by the fires.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This will be the third FELT DAY I've organised and if it's anything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> like last year it will be an amazing day </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and a perfect start to the feltmaking year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all my old felting friends </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and hopefully </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The indigo felt pods and pebbles, whose production and progress has been well documented <a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/2019/09/experiments-with-indigo-3-products.html" target="_blank">here</a> over the summer months, have found their way onto a plinth, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as part of this OPEN exhibition at Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Life in Nature</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">draws together a diverse range of paintings, ceramics,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although I have done a fair amount of nuno felting over the years I wanted to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> This was the perfect opportunity to play around with different fabrics, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and also experiment with fabric dyes for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NUNO is the Japanese word for fabric…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And nuno felting is a relatively recent felting phenomenon, which came about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> when textile designers started to experiment with wet felting in new ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fabrics, such as silk, with traditional wet felting fibres and discovered that the wet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wool fibres were receptive to the woven fabrics. A ‘felted fabric’ resulted </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with quite </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">different characteristics to traditional felt </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NUNO felting is relatively simple!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s using the basic traditional wet felting methods and adding fabric…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But it does take time to perfect, and to persuade the wool fibres to penetrate the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My preparations included dyeing quantities of cotton muslin and silk to use on the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this case the colours were made fast by ironing and remained fixed and vibrant throughout the felting process, as you can see here,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sharing and trying out different materials, and having fun was very </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">RULES of NUNO…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are NO rules—there are too many variables!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But there are some guidelines, such as choice of fabric. Those with a loose </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">visible weave will make</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it easier for fibres to penetrate and felt in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Natural fabrics and fibres are easier to use. W</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ool fibres attach more</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s the season of dramatic change, most noticeably the shortening of daylight hours </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">combining natural shapes with felt fabric and stitch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time with an autumnal feel.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I now have some wonderful new indigo + rust dyed pieces to complete the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve previously decorated clothes with small boro-type patches and stitch </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so I shall continue with this, using my new fabrics….</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All my indigo notes and samples, together with those from the rust experiments </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With all the indigo activity throughout the summer everything in my house </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been an interesting summer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The indigo experiments have left me with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've always loved 3-D felting, with it's endless possibilities! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now the scope has expanded even further when </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And for more details about the new programme,<a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/p/workshops-in-freshwater.html" target="_blank"> click here... </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The long hot summer continues...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with temperatures breaking records all across Europe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Preparations have been ongoing over the past weeks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm using many fabrics </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- cottons, linens and silks - left over from </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my </span><a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/p/xperiments-with-rust-1-rust-dyeing-has.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Rust Dyeing in 2017,</a> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">however this time my main focus is to experiment </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with indigo dyeing </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FELT…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve felted a series of 3-D natural forms - pods, shells and pebbles shapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shibori techniques. I’ve tried this before with coloured prefelts </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As with the rust experiments I also want to try dyeing paper.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've used a Khadi sketchbook, preparing the pages for dyeing with different </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the more traditional folds with fabric, but it also displays very different qualities... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> origami-type </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">folds </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">secured in place to form areas that act as resists,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">creating </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">white patches + a range of lighter blue tones...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indigo dyeing is a totally new adventure for me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It was a very relaxed day, sharing ideas and solving problems… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We learned so much from each other, with plenty of tea and cake </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe it needs further finishing and embellishment, s</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">titching and beading, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or rethinking an area that hasn’t felted properly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes we’re just not sure what to do and promising pieces of work are put away, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and forgotten for the sake of a </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">few finishing touches…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I get asked all the time about stitching onto felt and how to get started, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I made a sample book of different stitch types, worked on felt.and took it along </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s a simple idea and having a end purpose for stitch samples is good motivation—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">inspiring you to try out more and more examples to fill up the pages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The leaf shape is a great favourite, I use it all the time in my work, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and as in nature, no two leaves are ever the same…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Presenting them in a book keeps them altogether and creates a useful </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As with most things—it’s best to keep it simple… </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You only need a few choice threads—the bolder the better as fine </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Choose strong colours, thicker threads, a large needle and bold stitches… </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s difficult at first if you have a fine touch but it comes down to</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> practice, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and that’s where small samples are an ideal way to get started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> tiny felted pebble to a larger picture...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The great advantage with creating felt is the relatively small step from working in </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">beaded in exactly the same way, with endless possibilities! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I’ve recently discovered 21st Century Yarns, a supplier of wonderful hand-dyed threads, including </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some amazing variegated silks in different thicknesses - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just perfect for felt embroidery </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and a pleasure to use </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is just a small selection, there’s plenty more online at <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.21stcenturyyarns.com/">https://www.21stcenturyyarns.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you would like to see more examples of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stitching on Small 3-D projects try this<a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/2018/05/small-3-d-projects-embellishing.html" target="_blank"> link...</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to see my embellished Autumn Bag click <a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/2014/03/embellish-autumn-bag.html" target="_blank">here</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I worked in childrens' publishing for many years, and wrote and illustrated a book called ’Making Books’. We took the ideas into schools and libraries holding practical workshops for children, showing them how to make their own books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve always made books, journals and anthologies for myself and friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's impossible to throw beautiful cards away - greetings cards with personal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">messages, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hand-written envelopes and postcards </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with foreign stamps </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Putting cards into books makes them more accessible and gives them a new life...</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s cut-out pages fanning open like wings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s a practical way of presenting ideas, sketches and reference pictures </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">altogether during a workshop. It’s easy to transport & easy for students to look at...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like the ‘Rust & Indigo’ book — full of additional notes and findings from my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rust dyeing experiments, documented on this blog in 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - we met at Art School and have been friends ever since… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She provided me with the front cover painting and all the beach treasures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next is planned for the autumn so watch out for dates and details...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a marvellous introduction to making felt! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">using a simple design and lots of interesting fibre & texture.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">starting point. Y</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ou can see mine in the photo below,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">another </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">busy year of feltmaking…</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and one of the highlights of the year came from a very unexpected direction…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m really proud to have been involved in the Festival of Flowers at Winchester Cathedral, helping the West Wight Floral Society with their arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The WWFS had been invited to participate in this magnificent event,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">entitled ILLUMINATION, a theme inspired by the Winchester Bible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Their arrangements were to represent the colours of the Medieval artist’s palette<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fun and hard work started way back in the spring when the society’s </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vice chair, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chelsea gold medallist </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and fellow feltmaker Sue Clarke explained </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her plan </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of incorporating </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hand-made felt </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as a backing for NINE large panels </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by the ladies of the society, led by Sue whose vision and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">creative expertise saw it all through…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alongside this grand display of ILLUMINATION… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this year has also seen several of my feltmakers experimenting with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> illuminations of their own!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he soft warmth of the felt (combined with other textures such as lace) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But a word of caution...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are inspired to make any felt illuminations of your </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">own please do not place lit candles or high wattage light bulbs close to felt! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd like to wish you a very peaceful and restful Christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">where ever you are in the world </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and a happy creative 2019...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And if you are visiting the Isle of Wight maybe I might see you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">next year at one of my workshops... <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-4994003090493296022018-11-14T11:14:00.000-08:002018-11-14T14:44:44.295-08:00The NUT Bowls...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Driving through the countryside today the chilly north-easterlies are blowing down the last leaves and the hedgerows are almost stripped bare of their fruits and nuts…</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve always collected seeds and pods and with the autumn 3-D workshops in mind I wanted to felt a large bowl to hold them. A flat ‘platter’ shape with a curved rim, firm enough to support handles…</span></div>
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-30147176770720379282018-09-01T01:00:00.000-07:002018-10-29T08:55:41.811-07:00The Felted Garden AUTUMN WORKSHOPS...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During our glorious long HOT summer I'm sure making FELT was the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">last</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> thing on everyones' minds, including mine... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I c</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an't believe it's the first of September! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weather is still very warm but lengthening shadows and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> early morning dew signal a definite change. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AUTUMN has to be my most favourite time of year...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and this new season of workshops takes inspiration from the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe an unusual shaped vessel, bag, hat or even a pair of slippers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> This will leave more time for experimenting & felting during the day.</span><br />
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-24288438964486775022018-05-24T08:33:00.001-07:002018-05-24T08:33:48.452-07:00SMALL 3-D PROJECTS, embellishing...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all the hard work making the felt projects the FUN starts with embellishing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a much more thoughtful relaxed process, choosing threads, hand-stitching, beading and adding finishing touches… It’s an opportunity to sort through all the beads, buttons & threads you’ve had for ages and have forgotten about...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The success of the 'Small 3-D Projects' workshops means there will definitely be more planned for the autumn, with Christmas in mind! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any of these small projects make perfect gifts…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and this little blackbird purse has flown away to a new home, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over the years I’ve held many 3-D FELT workshops explaining the techniques of using resists to create all manner of seamless items—bags, bowls, hats, slippers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The range and variation of shapes only limited by one’s imagination, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The “3-D Small Projects” workshop came about when I started to think <span style="font-size: x-small;">SMALL</span> and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> realised the scope of felting smaller items, which opened up another </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using exactly the same techniques the only difference is the scale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">saving time and energy!<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As with all feltmaking everyday kitchen tools are very useful for shaping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The recent 3-D Small Projects workshop held last week was the first of it’s kind and still experimental, but all my students enjoyed the day and each went away with 2-3 projects plus all the reusable template shapes to continue at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All these items are FUNCTIONAL and FUN! They are relatively simple to felt and make wonderful gifts. Easy to personalise and decorate with stitching and beads… </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone will want one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday 9th May at Seely Hall, Brook, IOW</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/p/workshops-in-freshwater.html">here for more details..</a>..</span><br />
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-65900137604783957652017-11-28T00:30:00.000-08:002018-01-05T11:13:15.207-08:00EXPERIMENTS with RUST #4 Conclusions...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eric has been a great inspiration, especially over these past months, when I've </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">been</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> following a new experimental path that finally led</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'ISHIGOROKO' was the inspiration behind my final piece.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wrapping a stone with the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rust-stained fabric, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then placing it back in the sea at Freshwater Bay.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hoping Eric would approve?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1st November 1928 - 28th November 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the rust dyeing experiments of the past weeks I was really curious to see </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how the techniques could be applied to felt, especially working in 3D... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rust dyes react well to natural fibres. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seemed like a natural progression</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of ideas</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to combine the two organic processes….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> 1)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with moisture, friction + warmth wool WILL FELT </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like ALL natural processes, once all the right conditions are set in place, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So combining these two should produce some interesting results?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I felted simple bowls using pure white merino and natural BFL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After a couple of days a rich rust stain had developed...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pierced through the felt, and rusted washers sewn onto the surface. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time I wrapped the rusted shapes with strips of pre-felt </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so does my fascination with the rust dyeing…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">including lots more tools, and even a rusted sculpture... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">led me to discover alternatives such as teas, fruit drinks and even red wine! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are all organic + acidic, but the dyed results are more subtle compared with </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from the sea </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought I’d try sea water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was made by our dear </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">friend & neighbour Eric Geddes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but it produced a brilliant new patina on the surface of the sculpture </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which I hope will remain... </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think Eric would approve!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">RUST dyeing has fascinated me for a long time, and although I have experimented with <a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/2014/06/natural-dyeing.html" target="_blank">natural dyes</a> over the years I haven’t been brave enough to try rust,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the basic materials were easily found around the house & garden. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Old rusty tools, files & rasps, bolts & nails, iron filings, wire wool, even an old </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tight binding secures the damp fabric around the rusted shapes and this </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but it does make </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">snipping threads & unravelling cloth tricky, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The minute particles remain on the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fibre surface </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and continue to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I experimented with lots of different rusty shapes...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the old hand tools found</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> inside </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sheds + cupboards gave really strong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> intense colour quickly, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whereas </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">outside </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">objects exposed to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So this is just the start of my rust dyeing this summer … </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s been good fun so far,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> there will be more to follow...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The recent SHIBORI TEXTURES workshops have been a great success!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone who came along, well-prepared with piles of wonderful </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">different </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">techniques and possibilities…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As explained in<a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/2017/05/summer-shibori-worshops.html" target="_blank"> previous posts</a> the SHIBORI stages involve folding, pleating, stitching </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and binding lots of different shapes and textures into the pre-felts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This could include buttons, beads and felt balls which all give different effects...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having taking time away from felt making to prepare for my exhibition </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in April </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">things are slowly getting back to normal again… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A very big THANK YOU to everyone who came along to Quarr Abbey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was wonderful to have so many visitors - lots of friends & holiday makers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t worry if you were unable to make it, there is another chance to see </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">exhibition in July and there’s more photos + info at </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was a great response to the first workshop in March so I’ve arranged two </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">new dates and there’s more details if you follow the link at the end of this post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of knotting </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and binding cloth before dyeing, which results in wonderful</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Areas of texture can be introduced into flat felted pictures </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and 3-D work.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">enhancing and emphasising detail,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The SHIBORI workshops are aimed at feltmakers with some experience and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">offer a chance to spend a day experimenting with these unusual techniques.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No pressure to achieve a finished piece, just trying out different fibres and effects,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">felting lots of samples and enjoying the day with like-minded people… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I’m suggesting everyone comes along well-prepared with plenty of pre-felts so </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">can start immediately with the shibori stages. I will be demonstrating and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bringing along plenty of examples as you can see here…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And there are more details of the new workshop dates </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at Seely Hall in Brook </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if you follow this<a href="http://www.gillianchapmanfelts.info/p/workshops-in-freshwater.html" target="_blank"> link...</a></span></div>
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GILLIAN CHAPMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14493539803027997337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022444795422282180.post-42949302819833937112017-04-05T15:08:00.002-07:002017-04-05T15:12:32.005-07:00NOW for something completely different!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The felting workshops are over for a while and I'm busy preparing for my </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">solo </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">exhibition to be held at Quarr Abbey Art Gallery, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">near Ryde </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Isle of Wight, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just after Easter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The exhibition is called STRICTLY COMMERCIAL and features </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">illustrations, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">collage </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and craftwork from my published books... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So not a piece of felt in sight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I worked in children's publishing for over 30 years, free-lancing as an illustrator </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">writer, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and worked on many publications - non-fiction and fiction, craft books, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pop-ups, puzzles, magazines. There will be lots of original artwork on show </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and for sale, plus</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> recently published books and cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The exhibition is from Thursday 20th to Tuesday 25th April, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">open daily </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10.30 am </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to 4.30pm with FREE admission and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will be </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the gallery everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's another chance to see it </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">again in the summer from the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">27th July to 1st August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've held a number of feltmaking workshops at Quarr Abbey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's an amazing place to </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">visit with wonderful </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">buildings and gardens,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that create a</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> unique peaceful atmosphere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm thrilled to be holding the exhibition at this very special place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's lots more pictures and information on my </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">other blog...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://www.strictlycommercial.info/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">www.strictlycommercial.info </a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">up new workshop dates for June & July...</span><br />
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