Art project finished

'There is no logic to human behaviour' 

A previous post shows 8 small collage artworks. Here is the finished work, 16 pieces that join together to form a whole. 

Rag Rug finally finished!

   What a lesson in patience and persistence. 

And Gemma the Collie loves sitting on it!

Rag Rug..to be continued

I have been making a rag rug from my old clothes. I used to take them to Vinnies but decided this time to make something useful out of them. It has taken me quite a while to get to this stage, plaiting and sewing onto the hessian but it gives me something for my hands to do as I am watching the TV. I will post a photo of the finished rug sometime in the not too distant future!

Small canvas art project continued

 seven more small canvasses added to the project.

More to come, stay tuned!

Woven basket

                     I made this woven basket at another weekend workshop at Hazelhurst gallery. I included emu feathers and wooden beads to the final row when completing the top row of the basket.

Wall-hanging art

I knitted a large piece of fabric from Jute, attached it to a branch and then poked feathers according to size and colour into the weave. I'm surprised... it came out better then expected and I am also able to keep adding feathers as I find them on my daily walks.

Trash art

An up-cycled creative piece made from rubbish collected from the streets and the beach. It was assembled at the sculpture class mentioned in an earlier post. I hot glued each piece on a painted base and arranged them according to colour. The face in the middle is one of many I plaster cast and used for an art group activity. Thank you to my photographer friendwww.brigittemarlot.com for the inspiration.

The Wave

This was my first attempt at carving a hebel sculpture. After a friend had seen them at the markets I decided to give it a go and see how hard it was. It turns out it's quite easy to carve with a saw and a rasp file but it makes a hell of a mess.

Small canvas art project

I've started a small art project collaging images into silhouettes of figures in interesting positions onto small art canvases. This is the first one in a series.

Simple sew dresses

I modified a dress pattern from an existing pattern I bought from lincraft.

Made from cotton, comfy to wear and cool for summer. Easy to sew with no zippers.

Toy dog and Friend

I made this small white toy dog as a trial run before introducing this project to an art therapy client. I found the pattern in a library book full of different dog breeds. The toy behind is knitted with the wool of an alpaca and bought from an alpaca farm.

Art in a box

An interesting project from a ten week sculpture course I have been attending.
Putting art inside a cardboard box, collaged with pages from an old atlas and a seed pod collected from the beach poking out the bottom of it.

Oscar memorial pillow

Oscar our delightful and sadly missed Shiba Inu passed away recently. I made a pillow to cushion my grief. I printed a photo of Oscar onto transfer paper and ironed it onto cotton fabric.

I then cut a pattern around the image of his head and stuffed it with his fur that I had collected over many years. He shed his beautiful double coat of fur twice a year and it was quite a task to 

 brush it out. 

Hebel Owl

Owl carved from a hebel block courtesy of recent sculpture course at local art gallery