More November Show and Talk

Here's some more felt creations; this time influenced by the talented felt sculptor Anita Larkin who was one of our super tutors at the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence.

Designer V Hornibrook

Val made the rings following Anita's group lecture on her dry felting method and the bag at Anita's "Unique Felted Bag" workshop. 

As you can see the front pockets mean your keys and phone will always be easy to find.

We love the knot detail on the bags strap -

Strap Detail

 The three pieces look great worn together as you can see here -

Bag/Ring designer V Hornibrook

Anita Larkin belongs to the Illawarra Feltmakers group and they will be responsible for running the 12th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence in 2013.  Keep looking in on them here for news on that not to be missed felting event.

More November Show and Talk

October was  the month for a feast of textiles across Australia with TAFTA holding their Geelong  Forum.

Jane was lucky enough to attend and made this stunning vest -

Designer J Patterson

Designer J Patterson

A base of felt bat with silk border and plenty of surface decoration.

Detail

Edge Detail

Detail

Detail

November Meeting Show and Talk

Kim arrived at the November meeting looking particularly gorgeous.  We all wanted to know about the stunning silk nuno top she was wearing.

Turns out it was a Convergence inspired piece.  She had gone to the "Seamless Garments for Hot Climates" tutorial given by Sally-Anne Hall of the Spirited Hands Studio.

Sally-Anne and her mother Susan Thompson know all about hot climates as they live in the Sonoran Desert, Tucson,  Arizona  which sounds pretty hot to even us West Australians.

Detail

The wool has been placed on the inside as you can see above.  The gorgeous silk purchased from Treetops Colour Harmonies in the Convergence Traders Hall.

If you want to learn more about these techniques make sure that you are at our February meeting  - 9.30am Friday 3rd Stirling Street Arts Centre.

See you then.

Look What's New in Our Library

We have been shopping lately.

Our first purchase is this just recently published delicious book 500 Felt Objects.

 

There are so many beautiful things in it that The Librarian is having a hard time parting with it and may just have to order her own copy!

Then while were at the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence we did lots of shopping!  In amongst spending oodles of money in the Traders Hall and at the Bizarre Bazaar we also made some more serious purchases from our tutors.

Firstly this fabulous DVD by Wendy Bailye.  She's an amazing felter and a really great tutor.  We so enjoyed her make a hat in an hour demo that we are itching to try our her techniques.   There's more fab stuff on this DVD so get to felting quick on Friday if you want to be first to borrow it.

Liz Clay is the current president of the International Feltmakers Association and we thought the group should join.  As well as our membership we bought these two DVDs .

Lastly, as a record of the stunning Convergence Fashion Parade we have a CD of the garments.  The photos were kindly taken by our amazing photographers Toni Crilly and Lyn Pix.

So lots of new things in the library for you to enjoy and more goodies to come! 

See you Friday.

The Best Modelling Business in the South West

Over the 14th, 15th and 16th of October the Stirling Street Arts Centre held their annual Fire, Fibre and Fine Arts Exhibition.  Thanks to everyone one who entered items into it and particularly those of you who joined in with the Art to Wear. The number of entries was amazing. The felt work was stunning and the nuno pieces on show really excited the audience. "That's felt"? was a frequently heard comment.  

We had a wonderful fashion parade with Michelle Jones of AM Management providing 6 gorgeous local models to show off all the beautiful garments to best advantage. 

We really can't thank Michelle Jones and her models enough for her generous decision to participate in this event.  They were so professional and knew just what to do so the parade ran like a dream.  The models are all local ladies which we really like.  The gasps from the audience as they watched the garments on the cat walk was just great and the end result was that Art to Wear sales at the exhibition  were the highest ever. Ruth said that many pieces could have been sold two or three times over!!

AM Management is the South West's newest talent management group.  It has been established by Michelle Jones who has many years of experience in the modelling/talent management business.  .  Her  professionalism and enthusiasm for the opening of the Stirling Street Arts Centre's exhibition  was really appreciated by the Stirling Street Board.

Thank you Michelle.  We would recommend your services to any organisation.  Michelle can be contacted by clicking  here.


(Note, we hope to have some photos from the Fashion Parade soon for you to enjoy).