Batik iris picture

Finished and ready for sale - a picture of three iris flower heads created in batik. These photos show the design, from the pencil outline on the material and then waxing any areas I wanted to keep white; painting and waxing the yellow centres and the green leaves; painting, and overpainting, the flowerheads in shades of pink, some areas with blue added to the wet paint. Finally, I waxed the flowerheads meaning the whole picture was covered in resist – but I scrunched the material to crack the wax and dipped it into pink dye for the background effect. The wax then needed removing with a hot iron and absorbent paper.

Silk poppy picture - framed

Poppies on silk - framed and ready for sale

Poppies silk painting

Work in progress - I experimented with salt, both fine and coarse, in the background shapes. Now, the freezer paper backing needs removing, and the silk paint needs "fixing" by ironing. Then it needs stretching around white board, and a mount cutting. I'm intending losing a lot of the yellow background ... more photos to follow ...

Iris silk painting

I've just finished the first of a series of Iris and poppy pictures/artwork. These photos show two paintings of irises on silk - from the design to "ready for fixing" with the iron. The detail on the iris above is my first experiment with adding salt. I'm eager to repeat the experiment, maybe in the background for the next one. Both pictures are now offered for sale on eBay.

Wellies

These are the three latest additions to the welly "garden planters", just listed on eBay.

100% wool hat

This was an enjoyable project, and the yarn is great to knit with - I bought a luxurious hank of 100% hand spun and hand dyed wool when on holiday in Tasmania, as a souvenir (A$26 for 100g!)  It’s been dyed in shades of yellow and spring green, and the unevenness in the yarn is because it is hand spun.

3D felted owls

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