I wanted the view of a pinecone from the top... how it would look if you were walking in the woods and bent down to pick it up... |
I love pinecones... their design is infinitely pleasing. I collect them, in the pockets of my winter coat, in bowls, in glasses, even in my car.
Last week I attended a meeting of the Burlington Fibre Arts group. I want to expand what I can do, once I get out of the way. I left the meeting filled with inspiration... any place where people think it is perfectly normal to wrap and cook silk fabric with say, goldenrod, simply to see what happens... is a place I want to spend more time :)
I had some vague idea of what I wanted to try, and the pinecone came to mind... my creative emblem, totem, badge? It is a shape I have spent a lot of time looking at.
I began with brown fabrics and black wool felt, which I quilted... then I cut out pine cone pieces. Next a background of green needles... then to composing the pinecone itself and later adding some edging. There was no plan, I let it evolve and this is the result. I am not sure what else it needs... or where it is going to lead me. I will hang it from a small pine stick, and maybe adding another vertically...
That is the beauty of not following rules, nothing is wrong... and everything is right.
The piece is small... about 7 1/2 x 9 inches |
Lovely. Let's go to Pine Cove for cones.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Joy... I cannot wait :)
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