Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Iris and Crane are small needle felt pieces.  Both are finished and framed to 8 X 10.   I have been adding more small needle felt pieces to my inventory.  They are much easier to standardize.  Wet felt on the other hand is still my passion.  You can always see the wavy edges caused by the uneven shrinkage as the wool felts.  Wet felt also completely transforms, often in surprising ways, when I felt the wool.   I did add needle felt to the Storms of Moscow Mountain  (16 x 18 finished frame size)   and the Bright Poppies  (finished frame size 16x20) to highlight and add fine detail.  This is the first very stormy sky that I have created.  Hoping that people like it.  The selection of the gold for the background of the poppy is also a bit unusual but I liked the contrast.