Oriental Inspiration

This week there has been more Oriental Inspiration

in The Art Room Studio.

The dragon is a temple dragon to celebrate ancestors.

His normal residence is on my log cabin studio at home

but he is having a change of scenery by wishing the 

New Year into The Old Art Room Studio.

Barbara and Ann got in the studio theme by bringing 

these pots and teacup in to Art Class.

See more of The Old Art Room displays HERE

Circus Animals

Just had to have some fun with these wild animals.

I have sewn frills around each of their necks

to add them to the Circus display.

The roar etc when you push their tummies. 

See a Circus journal I have been 

working on to add to the inspiration

in the studio HERE

Blue and Green Kings Sized Quilt

I have spent the last two days working on this

king size quilt commission for a 25th Anniversary.

The top is now all sewn together now.

Just the borders,layering and quilting to do.

Has got to be finished by May.

Hexagon Quilt

First Quilt of the year on the large quilt table in 

The Art Room Studio.

This is Leslie's Hexagon quilt that she has been working on 

for the last five years.

All sewn by hand.

She has just finished putting on the bias and is

now continuing to quilt it.

Oriental Junk Journal

I have been working on this Oriental Junk Journal since the start of the New Year.
Hope you enjoy the look through.
The journal now includes these two cards that I have made.

Happy New Year

We went into The Old Art Room Studio today, Spring Cleaned

and set up part of the displays for this month.

Oriental and Circus.

Classes will start again on the 19th of January.

Starting with Art on Monday.

Pastels with an Oriental twist.

See the monthly inspiration

Here

Advent Calendar for Henry

Henry will be One on the 24th of December.

Irene was kind enough to make this wonderful

Advent Calendar for him.

See more on my Christmas Blog

HERE

More Shibori Felting

I love Shibori Felting once you remove the buttons.

The felt looks so organic.

It is now ready for embroidery and beading.

Paper Making

We made lots of paper in the studio.

Of course you have to add items, in the top 

photo the honesty is beautiful.

Shibori Felting

The beginnings of Shibori Felt making. 

I held a course for six weeks and this was the beginning process.

Students dyed their silk.

Layered alpaca fleece and dyed fleece on the back.

Felted and then buttoned and then re-felted with wisps

of fleece.

Re- felted and then embroidered and beaded.

A long process but made in a fine art way.

I have refined some of the techniques to make it 

an enjoyable process.