Sometimes when I give a workshop there will be someone who takes the theme and techniques of the workshop but constructs differently or adds something totally different. I am quite happy about this because usually the person is confident enough to 'do their own thing' and the end result is usually stunning. The two ladies who produced these two pictures had to leave early for family reasons but they also 'did their own thing' and as I know them well I know the end results will be great. The pictures are both still work in progress and will have embroidery added.
The seascape has been needle felted using mostly unusual knitting wools. The pebbles in the foreground are made from a very textured knitting wool which has been specifically designed for making a scarf but in the picture they really do look like pebbles. Care has been taken when selecting the yarn to only use portions of the yarn that indicate light and shade. A thick shiny yarn was used for the horizon but it was far too bright, no problem, paint it with a darker colour fabric paint, problem solved!
This landscape is very large and will be very exciting when finished. Part of the hill (top left) is made from plastic netting, the sort vegetables come in and the foreground (bottom left and centre) is soft hand dyed netting. Hand dyed felt (bottom centre and right) has been used for the foreground and the light and shade of the hand dyeing has been used to great effect.
When you attend a workshop you never seem to have the right fabric or right colour thread and during this workshop there was a great deal of 'have some of mine'. Great pictures, well done ladies!
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