Monday 10 December 2007

Drawing in Felt


Sometimes I just get plain old bored with handbags and my creative side needs to break out. That's why I made this felt picture of a mermaid/siren. The technique is called water color felt although I kinda hate that term. It would really be more appropriate to call it charcoal felt since I use the felt in to get the same qualities as charcoal.

I laid down a layer of black felt as a base firts and the built upon it with layers of black and white. The body was cut from white prefelt to give it a greater density so it would not blend into the black.The whole process took several days and the completed art work is 1 meter long by 60 cms wide.

Tuesday 27 November 2007

Working hard for Christmas


Well, it's that time of year again and I am working hard on my commissions for Christmas. The only problem with this is I don't really have time for my real work, the things that I love. I have, however, still managed to fit in time for making this fella.

This is my very first tentacle bag, something I have been wanting to make forever since i started making tentacle creations. He's really given me a kick start and i am ready to take on those commissions now.

I absolutely love him but he will be on sale on my Etsy site soon...

www.feltmeup.etsy.com

if you want to find out how he was made visit my flickr account at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feltmeupdesigns/sets/72157602528652859/


for a step by step account of his creation.

Sunday 11 November 2007

Saturday 10 November 2007