Braidwood Regional Art Group Exhibition

…And straightway the hues of their feathers unfolden

Are the green and the purple, the blue and the golden.

“Bellbirds” by Henry Kendall (1839 – 1882)

“Feather Hat”

(Size: medium)

Hand felted, stitched and sculpted with merino wool, mercerised embroidery cotton and wire by Lis Mertens.

For the:

Second BRAG Exhibition for 2010. – “The Braidwood Open”

Theme: “Birds & Poets”

When: Opening November 10 – closing November 20 – the week before the Braidwood Quilt Event

Where: The National Theatre

Wallace Street,

Braidwood NSW

Unfortunately, this exhibition is not going ahead.

More blossoms...

apple, and



quince.

Pademelon - Spring

Both these wraps are hand felted using a combination of hand made and machine- needled pre-felt and nude coloured tissue silk.

Cherry Blossom scarves.

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Hand felted using yoryu silk chiffon, machined pre-felt and hand dyed, uncarded merino wool.

Cherry Blossom, 2010.

The Challenge, 2010.

This year the Challenge is to interpret a photograph in felt. Photos were available at earlier meetings in sealed envelopes.
Interpretations can be in 2 or 3D, but should be small enough to fit in a shoe box.
Entries will be displayed at the AGM/Christmas meeting in November, and the winner will be determined by a special guest mystery judge.
The winner will have the honour of holding the "Ashes" for the next year. The "Ashes are the remains of the CRF's rainbow tepee which was destroyed in the 2003 Canberra bushfires.

My first attempt:



My second attempt:



While our annual challenge is designed to stretch and challenge our feltmaking ideas and skills, it is also meant to be a bit of fun, which a hand felted rock doorstop certainly is.

Pademelon - " Moonlight"

Detail