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Created in the first of two workshops with Marjolein Dallinga, I went home and re-worked this piece a little bit after the second workshop. There is always something new to learn.

An adventurous way to add new skills to our felt making process, the class was directed to create a mysterious art work without an inkling of how the final project would be used. I sometimes create my own felt pieces without a drawing, and this experimental exercise resonated for me. Freed from expectations of howContinue reading “Mysterious Way of Working

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Mixed media: wool felted with silk, paper.

Hand made joomchi paper: mulberry paper, mylar, jute, silk, wire, and hand painted millinery flowers.

Joomchi paper lantern, made using multiple layers of mulberry paper. A layer of pinhole lace is supported by additional layers of mulberry paper laminated with larger lace openings. Joomchi string is lightly stitched, with beading, to encircle the lantern with a vining embrace.

A long and contemplative process, this large and living composition was created over a period of several weeks, where I allowed the fiber to speak to me during the fertile resting spaces between the hands-on. I found a sense of comfort in allowing the creative work to … become.

Inspiration from this landscape comes from a mural in a McDonald’s fast food joint. Re-interpreted the image in wool and mulberry paper (Thai kozo paper). Silk fabric provides a feeling of wind and movement, and the use of cream colored mulberry paper takes it beyond black and white. Tranquility. Serenity. Calm. Quietude. Peace.