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Thursday, 24 July 2008

3D challenge

This is my 3D challenge I wanted to make from felt a vessel that looked as though it had been dug up as if it was grave goods old and rusty, I was inspired by Lynda`s work at Purple Missus. the fabric was 2 layers of man made felt embellished together with seams and rivets also embellished
onto the surface.But why oh why does some felt melt and not others, this one I had to hack chunks off with a wood burning tool which I also used to burn on a Celtic motif,before first painting it dark grey and the for the rust Quinacridone gold, it looks much bluer in the photos

I also felted this piece to go my sketchbook journal the colours had to be the opposites as I did not have any dark knobbly bits of wool

7 comments:

Sue Krekorian said...

So effective: lovely vessel.

sharon young said...

Wow!! How convincing is this? When I first opened up your blog I thought ' halo! what's Pippa doing with a Rusty old bucket?'. It's worked brilliantly, I especially like the rivets and the join, great stuff!!!

Shirley Anne Sherris said...

Hi
You succeeded with your remit. Excellent piece.
Cheers

Guzzisue said...

owo, love it !!

Purple Missus said...

Wow, what can I say. Someone after my own heart. Its fabulous - I wish I had created it. :)

mad4cats said...

Well done, I think it's fantastic,what a brilliant piece of design and execution.You inspire me.

Unknown said...

simply awesome - your vessel is stunning. Looks so old.