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The Start of a 12 month project

 This is the start of a 12 month project with Phoebe of Lavender & Lark. I shall be working on an installation that I will install above the window on my landing. It will comprise of the four seasons, woodland creatures, a Green Man and faerie folk! The little people have already started arriving. The first piece is the Faerie door which I'm felting into an old drawer that Phil was using as a tray in his shed. Tess is already checking it out.  I'm working on the tree bark which is very time consuming as I'm felting each piece individually but I'm hoping that it will be quite effective. Finn has taken up residence on the landing and is watching progress with interest!
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Pheasant Plucking! (well - working on feathers anyway!)

 


Introducing my very fine cock pheasant.
This fellow took a lot of work but I think he was worth the effort.

Firstly I concentrated on his head




I tend to needle felt into a muslin base as it's good and stable - although with this fellow I ended up cutting around the head as I transferred to working on a pre-felted black sheet.

Having worked on the head and then transferred onto black felt, I decided to tackle the plumage by mixing colours and felting mini sheets of felt that I then cut with scissors to build up the feathers on the body.

I decided to treat his ruff as a separate layer and so I needle felted this in a very thin layer onto soluble paper. Once finished you run it under the tap and the paper dissolves but does leave a glue residue which helps to keep the thin layer together (brilliant for working leaves and wings on birds).

Work in progress . . . .
. . . .and the final framed piece.






 







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