Prefelts are pieces of felt which one can buy or, if you are not too lazy, make your self. The difference with the normal felt is that these sheets of felt aren’t fully felted. They are ussually used by felters whom especialize in wall art, tapestry or rugs; or indeed any felted work with lots [...]
Entries from April 29th, 2009
frutas congeladas
April 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Green Life
frutas congeladas Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
The new season has started adn the first crops are in: spinach and lettuce. So, whilst cleaning and putting some order in the freezer, I did a bit of a census of what things are left from last year’s harvest…not much, some broccoli, beans, leek and 1kl of frozen [...]
Tags:food·frozen berries·fruit·harvest
Spring -Merry go round
April 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Merry Go Round
Spring -Merry go roundOriginally uploaded by Marian Florcita
I had never taken so much notice in the change of seasons until I came here.I come from the southern part of Argentina -Patagonia- where seasons are different: quite cold in winter, windy; and very warm in summer. But throught the whole year, almost always the sun shines.Over [...]
Tags:Merry Go Round
Summer Flowers wall art
April 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
Flowers are popping all around me. Spring is here and I can’t but get inspired in all the color surrounding me.Weekend is upon us and I’m hoping for good weather (that is dry…) for a BBQ… I just like the rituals of fires and a glass of wine with friends.It’s been a few weeks since [...]
List of vegetables for dyeing
April 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Dyeing, Tips
Looking a bit more into this dyeing business, I found a list of vegetables with the possible colors one can get from them. The method itself, was the same. So here:
Light Purple: small quantity of grape juiceViolet blue: red onions skinsBlue: Canned blueberries, red cabage, purple grape juiceGreen: spinach, grassYellow: orange or lemon peels, [...]
Tags:Dyeing·Jenny Dean·vegetables
How to dye wool with veggies-Tutorial
April 20th, 2009 · 20 Comments · Dyeing, Tips
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but I was always a bit scared, not sure of proportions and the rest. I read words like alum and creme of tartar…and froze not knowing precisely what that was (and couldn’t figure out the proper translation to my mother language, spanish). So, while I was [...]
Tags:Dyeing·tutorial·vegetables·veggies·wool
Felt rug making
April 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Felt, Tips
I saw a link to this video in a forum I participate. It’s from a company called Peace Industry which designs and makes felt rugs. Very pretty indeed. They have on their website a film of an iranian felt maker, demonstrating the traditional way of making felted rugs. Very intricate designs done by one man, [...]
Tags:feltm rug making·handmade·Iran·link
Couple of coco cups
April 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Ceramics
Couple of coco cups Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
Some more ceramic work. Using a coconut as template I made a couple of cups painted with engobes (which are just a little paste made of colorful clay).Summer aproaching and all the outdoorsy life…including BBQs and tapas and eating outside in the garden, I can only think [...]
Wooly amber
April 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
Wooly amber Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
The combination of glass and wool… always fascinating how one provides structure and texture and the other one, light. I am in experimentation mode. I’ve been making jackets, dyeing, spinning… more soon.The bad side of good weather is that I feel bad, almost guilty, If Im staying indoors while [...]
Yurt Jacket
April 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
Yurt JacketOriginally uploaded by Marian Florcita
Here is my first attempt to felt a jacket…I was not trained as a seamstress so when I found out that with handmade felt you could make garmets without sawing, I couldn’t believe it! it still requires a certain degree of understanding of the wool…and practice… lots of practice.I wanted [...]
Tags:hand felted·hand made·jacket·merino·no seams·wet felt·Yurt
