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enamel + felt + embroidery

By Stef | July 7, 2009

I’ve finished the crop circle embroidery project (all nine pieces).   We’re in the process of securing the pieces in the frames.  With Keith’s assistance, I’m hoping to have this project completely finished (with pictures for the blog) by the end of the week.

I’ve been busy preparing for the trip to Penland.   Electroforming, etching, reading books, gathering inspiration, and sketching.   Oh, and stitching.

I’ve been experimenting with ways to combine my love of fiber with my fascination with metals.  This is an example of one of my pre-Penland experiments. 

enamel felt embroidery

I’ve combined the hand-dyed shibori felt with hand embroidery and a torch-fired enamel shape.  

A view from the side:

enamel felt embroidery (side view)

 (The resemblance to cake is accidental.  As a matter of fact, I rarely think about cake.  Rarely.  Especially not the homemade lemon cake that Lee brought to the 4th of July gathering this past weekend.  Nope.  Nosiree.  Don’t think about cake at all.)

A view from the back:

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I’m not crazy about the color selection, but this is just a sample so I’m trying not to care.    I can’t wait to actually learn how to enamel and to be able to predict the colors of the fused enamel.  I’m planning to take a little pile of felt with me to use as inspiration. 

The piece on the left is a combination of  shibori felt and embroidery without metal. 

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I’m planning another way to combine the embroidery with metal.   We’ll see what happens.  Sometimes my ideas outpace my skill level.   I’ve got so many ideas that I can hardly keep them straight.  

I can’t wait until I’m at Penland.  Not only am I going to be at one of my favorite places, I’m not going to have to look at this shell of a bathroom any more. 

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 I’m hoping the project will be finished by the time I get home.

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One Response to “enamel + felt + embroidery”

  1. Lee Says:
    July 8th, 2009 at 6:08 am

    Haha! That was my first thought when I saw these: mmmm….cake!

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