Degree Show Preparation

The final pieces for my Degree Show are coming together now. My space will show a collection of these needle-felted characters, all painted or embroidered. I'm now spending my time doing final touches and considering the presentation of them. Excited to see the final results!

Owl and Friends

I've also been having a try at needle felting to create my characters. I like the idea of incasing them in glass so I'm going to look in to taxidermy and play on this...

My take on Staffordshire figures

Meet Cat...

Machine embroidered and embellished on to felt

Lion in progress...

This is the beginning of my new project. The felt vessels have turned upside down! Its still a bit of a mystery what to do with him now as he is hollow at the moment. He could be filled or I might try giving him a base so it stands on its own. More characters to come...

Catch up!

I've got a little bit behind with my posting so here's a catch up of the work I made to resolve my experiments with vessels...