Contextural Residency 3

So I felted for the first two weeks and finally got all 30 samples done. This will be a valuable resource for whenever I want to do a felted piece, I can "feel" my way through the samples and deicide which weight of item I want to make and back-calculate the starting size to get the finished size. It is all very mathematical and I love the process!

Photos from along the way...

 

The final production...

Each colour-coded pile done with a different weight of wool rovings shrunk from 15% through 90%. Method based upon Lisa Klakulak's felting techniques.

Don't you just want to touch them!

Contextural Residency 2

On the second day I was joined with my Articulation Textile Group partner Wendy Klotz and we continued with the wet felting.

We are creating a library of samples worked in different weights of rovings done to six different percentages of shrinkage. There will be 36 samples in total. After 6 hours of felting, we finished the first 6 samples.

Roll, roll, roll... My shoulders and arms were so tired!!

Contextural Residency

and now for the fun!

I have been accepted into the three month Contextural Summer Residency where I am able to use the Fibre Department facilities at the Alberta College of Art and Design (right next door to where I live in Calgary).




So it is off to "school". Monday the 25th was my first day so here I am loaded down with supplies as I embark on my lovely 10 minute walk through parkland to get to the facility. (Note the closed-toed shoes, and there is a backpack with more supplies.)

We have our own desks in a "dry" work room where I unloaded my bags,

then off to the "wet" working space - just one of many available. I decided to start with wet felting so here is a piece I started in a class last fall finally felted together.