This photo shows the pink silk gauze and the yellow georgette silk in the early stages, when I'm just experimenting with general placement of colors and fibers before the final placement of fibers and the wetting down and the felting and fulling.
And here's the finished pink one..it shrunk down a bit more than than I intended..be..but I'm happy with the springlike result!
And here's the finished yellow one, which has a lot of silk cap bits and hankie bits in it. The georgette is always a bit more "nubby" not as smooth as other chiffons, but fun to work with.
AH! a large piece of purple and rust and periwinkle variegated silk chiffon was brought to me from Paris by my nearby fiber artist friend. Again, this is an earlier stage of laying it out...a small part of the big blob of shiny orange colored tencel fiber was used.
And here is one view of the finished product in which I used a merino, silk, cashmere blend from a fiber artist in Germany. This view is actually the silk only side that shows some of the ruching/shirring that happens with silks like this when the wools and others fibers are felted in.
This one is felted on cotton scrim (open -weave cotton). I did something different than I usually do with the cotton gauze and that is I designed it to leave a lot of the cotton showing with the flower pattern running through it...but with lots of open cotton area. Usually I work with more of the cotton surface and leave less of the cotton showing; I'm happy with the outcome. In some ways it takes more work to decide where the "empty of wool" places will be.
The finished scarf--one view.
A close-up.
And this organized chaos -a gathering of lots of lovely fibers and fabric bits etc. is going to become lots of flowers in the not too distant future! Another process blog post in the offing!
Ginny, you've been so busy again! Those scarfs look so lovely - really love the colors and patters. xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post Ginny! I could sit here staring at your beautiful work all day long!!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteOhhhh Ginny!! Like looking at a watercolor painting of a lovely garden! I LOVE to see your work in progress! xo
ReplyDeleteGreat spring colors and thanks for sharing the different fabric out comes all in one place .
ReplyDeleteThese look fabulous, Ginny! And it's lovely to see how you put your creations together :)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely they are, Ginny.I'm dreaming of spring, now.
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Thank you for your hard work to collect and organize, to share with you a lot about the fashion thing, and this is very useful to me.
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Next year will be better this year, a slight malaise and fatigue
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Oh Ginny, your new scarves are delicious! I hearts some of it in your shop...*grins...*
ReplyDeleteGinny, I stumbled into your blog and can't resist to read through. All are so beautiful, gorgeous scarves and flowers.....
ReplyDeletewow, ginny ~ all of them are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHow marvelous to see you all here! I am glad people are turning up..thanks to all..and Terrie..so glad you "stumbled into" my blog..this all makes me ready to not wait as long between posts!And, I'm loving the comments!!
ReplyDeleteHi Ginny! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Your work is beautiful! I love the colors you use. So vibrant and warm.
ReplyDeleteWonderful colors and textures, Ginny! A joy for the eye! I love them all!
ReplyDeleteLots of pretty work, Ginny! Well done!!
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ginny-- wow!! this is like a garden full of blooms-- so wonderful to see all of this color alive in your new work. the piece that you made on the cotton scrim is just exquisite- i love how the light works it's way through it -and the denser areas so full of detail-- captivating-- congrats on making such beautiful new work!
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