
Another 4th Quarter Challenge Sample
Sorry for the late posting, like Ann last week I lost track of the days and missed getting some photos in the brief window of time we call ‘day’ here at this time of year! I managed to get some decent ones today, though it ended up being one of those days where every time you try to do something, another thing comes up! I had another idea for combining wool tubes and fabric which I wanted to try, so did that this week. I wanted to see the effect of wrapping fabric around wool tubes and then felting. I thought it’d be a good way to see the results if I used the same colour wool for the tubes as my base colour. Green always works well on camera, so I used that. I planned on using a few different fabrics in white, but only had cotton gauze and synthetic chiffon on hand, here’s the finished piece:
I did think some pieces would be very flat, but it turned out they all kept a fair bit of dimension:
I think this piece of synthetic chiffon had the most dimension/texture:
It was the only chiffon piece which I wrapped around the wool along its length, it uncurled along one edge, this is the edge still rolled under:
The other strips of chiffon were wrapped around the wool-wrapped kebab skewers diagonally:
This is one of the gauze wrapped pieces which I wrapped diagonally, above:
And this is one I wrapped horizontally along its length:
I think if I want to use this idea to better effect, I should maybe try a sample using more, and less wool in the centre. I can see it being usefull with less wool for getting a defined shape/line with little texture, or using more wool for creating a more 3D piece. Maybe a sample with narrower strips of fabric wound around would be good too.
10 thoughts on “Another 4th Quarter Challenge Sample”
That’s an interesting idea. It turned out well. I especially like the gauze.
Thanks, Marilyn 🙂
The gauze is great – lovely effect!
Thanks, Lyn 🙂
Interesting textures providing much food (or should that be twists) for further thought. Like the comments above, I particularly like the gauze.
Thanks, Antje 🙂
I like the gauze too.
What a great idea. And I think it would be good to experiment with varying colors of wool and colors of fabric. The dimensional effect is interesting.
Thanks, Ruth 🙂
Yeah, lots of possibilities for this. We have loads of premade tubes at the well being centre for lots of experiments!
Interesting samples as usual Zed. I think I like the gauze best too. I like the way the wool shows through.
Thanks, Ann 🙂
It’d be good to see how it looks with other colours, I think.