3D felted owls

Another picture using "shibori" technique in felting, with features added by needle felting - ready just in time for the exhibition.

 

Ayton Artists and Friends

Exhibition

 I've been getting my artwork ready for our first exhibition at Picturesque Gallery, St John's Road, Falsgrave, Scarborough. It runs from 1st - 25th November, with a "Meet the Artists" morning on Saturday 4th November. It's our first exhibition together - ten of us, with artwork covering a range of media. Please come along if you are able.

Felted sheep picture

Ready for framing ....

This picture was created from felting wool, using three layers of background colour, which was then wet felted. Pictures below show the stages of stitching - using running stitch for trees and grass effect, and the 3D sheep were made with pebbles held tightly in place with rubber bands. Once the felt was completely dry, I removed all the stitching and pebbles, and needle felted extra features - faces, legs, rocks and foxgloves. Next decision - how to frame it!

Postcards for Woodend Gallery exhibition, Scarborough

Postcard sized artwork ready for Woodend Gallery, Scarborough. The exhibiton starts on Saturday 5th August and runs through to the end of October 2017

Storage Hangers

I've made these "pockets" for storage from batik artwork. The first two are from a piece of batik I brought back from South Africa, and for the last one I created three batik owl pictures. For each hanging I used calico as the background, and regular coat hangers from the wardrobe. 

 

The hangings are currently for sale on eBay.

 

Exhibition entries

Eight pictures ready for Ayton Art Exhibition

 from Saturday 29th August 2017 until Sunday 6th August

Felting - shibori sheep

After learning a new technique on a "shibori" felt workshop, I've been practising. The end result is now 6" x 4", ready for the postcard exhibition at Woodend, Scarborough (August and September). Below are the stages, from dyed merino tops , next showing the process of stitching and tying the wet felt, to finally removing the stitching, and needle felting the details like face, ears and legs. Loved doing it - more to come ...

Foxgloves and irises

These are some more pictures ready for Ayton Art Exhibition at the end of July. The initial photo is batik, showing stage one, where I've painted the background with hot wax as a resist, in order to keep it white. One of the two foxglove paintings is on silk. 

 

Silk Paintings postcard size

At the end of July, there are two local exhibitions for postcard sized artwork (Dalby Visitors' Centre and Woodend Museum, Scarborough), so I've been getting work ready . These are silk paintings; two photos show "in progress", with the designs drawn onto silk with gutta - a resist used to prevent the paint bleeding into the wrong areas. The first photo shows 8 finished postcards. All artwork will be for sale.

The framed iris picture is the same process, but just too big to qualify as a 6" x 4" postcard, so that's ready for Ayton Art Exhibition, also at the end of July.

Counting rhymes finger puppet gloves

These are for my grandson with a single glove for an adult, so they can sing "Five Little Speckled Frogs" together. There are also patterns for "Ten in the Bed" and "Five Little Monkeys" which I shall knit eventually. Adding features was a bit fiddly!

Poppy pictures

I've just finished painting a panel of three canvases - red poppies, plus a single canvas in the same style. The long panel is destined for a sun-room wall - the room overlooks a spacious grass and flower garden, and the picture will help "bring the outside in"!

The single panel is for sale, sadly my own walls can't accommodate it. It's 20" x 30", £60. Please check eBay, paintingandplants, if you might be interested in owning it, or send me an email. As I write this, the inspirations in my own garden, for these pictures,  are growing fast after their winter sleep. I'm looking forward to seeing all the poppy plants in flower again soon.