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New pebbles! I know, I know, I have a problem, but it's just so hard to stop! Now in the shoppe!

three's

Now in the shop!

tree folk

I've been quite liking this view of the tree folk. It almost makes me feel like I'm in a helicopter overlooking the pine forests somewhere in British Columbia. Silly, I know.

I've got three sets of tree folk going up in Etsy soon. They still to be properly photographed, which I'm hoping to do today. I used the new shipment of natural rovings from Germany for this project. Shades of brown, caramel, chocolate, tan, off-white, which sounds almost as delicious as they look. It'll be a toughie combining these. All the colors complement each other so well.

good friday

I love Fridays like these. Warm Fridays. Productive Fridays. Ideas of felted sculptures have been sloshing around in my mind for weeks now. I made a few sketches here and there in my notebook, but nothing concrete had come of it. The rational side of me usually takes a moment or two to think about the project and any how-to's. There is nothing more discouraging than a new project that doesn't want to co-operate.


So today was a good day, a good Friday. Those felted sculptures from my moleskine actually took shape. Into little forms I've fondly started called tree folk. They're sweet and small, and already very dear to me. I hardly make any felted crafts for myself, but I do intend on making a little family of these for my living room sidetable. They were felted around a pebble which rests at the base of the sculpture, and I already foresee myself lifting and placing these beauties in different spots of my home whenever the moment seizes me. Their little tufts make them very mobile.

They'll be in the shop soon. First I'll need to iron....or should I say needlefelt, out the bumps.

Happy Weekend All!!

crimson drop

A newly finished necklace now for sale.

pebbles

To this day, the felted pebbles are still one of my very favorite things to make. There's something about the individuality of each piece that appeals to me. The way the white lines tend to shift while felting, merging itself with the colored felt, like they have a mind of their own. The way the layers of felt curve and hug the edges of the stone, making them smooth and inviting to hold. The way the felt covers, but doesn't conceal, the nature of the hard rock inside. They have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for me.



So won't you join me on this new endeavour?...a new shop! Dedicated only to the felted pebbles. Focusing simply on color and form.

(I'll be adding more items as I make them...I just couldn't wait to get it up and running.)

shout out

I just added two new links to my sidebar at right, highlighting the locations where you can see my artwork in the flesh! I'm kicking myself for not putting it up sooner.


The first being One restaurant, a fabulous new hotspot in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands. Owned by Edwin Soumang and Bethany Delong, they serve up creative, innovative, and not to mention sublimely delicious food in a sophisticated, yet unpretentious atmosphere. And I'm not just saying that 'cause I like them. A few of my paintings adorn their walls, and my photographs adorn their website.

And if this wasn't the icing on the cake, well I don't know what is; the May 2008 edition of delicious magazine featured One restaurant as well as some of my photographs of their interior and food. Well slap me hard and call me Sally! You could imagine my ecstatic surprise when I was flipping through the mag and saw that!





One Restaurant
Raadhuisstraat 1
6042 jk Roermond
t +31 (0) 475 600 262




The second being 14 feet. An uberhip indie store specializing in (refurbished and reclaimed) design furniture and handmade artsy goods. Situated in Healdsburg California (now I have a reason to visit the west coast of the U.S. of A.) They have a stock of my felted goodies. You'll find my pebbles, necklaces and bowls there.

14 feet
325 Center Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
ph: 707.433.3391



Get thee to their websites and chcheck it out!