a sculptured life: felting all over the world

Sunday, January 30, 2011

felting all over the world

Having a couple of friends here in Australia that do some amazing felting I was interested to see the kind of felting they do in south africa. Here is a couple of pieces I found.

We were in the lovely little town of Franschhoek when we came across these Felted cushions made to look like river stones, in one of the many galleries in this artistic little town.

Ronal Jordan is the artist that created these (click top pic to go to her site).

I thought this felting was so beautiful and natural.
The tones are lovely and soft.

Mielie is a south african business that provides a regular income to some 50 people (mostly women) who handcraft the products that they design. Wherever possible they use recycled materials. This blog (click below) is all about their products, the people who make it happen and what inspires them.

http://www.mielie.com/

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KylieJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Love those river stones. Bet I could find a spare corner for a couple at our place. Did you come back with full suitcases?
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rexJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:32 AM
I wish, they are nice hey! One day we will have to learn to felt ourselves! (we have a few sheep to provide the ingredients, Just need to find the time!!)
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what's it about?

Scrap.

Beautiful unique junk of the world. It makes the best things. In its imperfect left over state, it can fit together to make the most extraordinary creations. Wayne's the sculptor, maker, welder and doer of good things.

There's another kind of scrap too. It's me. A friend once told me that her mother referred to her as being made of the left over scraps. I feel the same. But now re-read the above paragraph of my explanation of scrap, and you too will understand why I feel anything but ordinary. I'm the contemplating, naval gazing writer, thinker and sometimes Artist.

So enjoy your perusing of this little dark, and not so dark creative blabbing blog.

Cheer Rex.

art...(by me)

art is movement, sounds, images and creations. art is everywhere, its when our daughter lines the tupperware in patterns all over the floor or draws lines in the sand. Its when our son hangs wire from a tree that suspends and old fan cage that holds his tools. Its all through wayne's shed and all contained in my head. It can be written on a wall and be crass or colorful.

Art is expression and it could never be contained within a frame...its ugly and its beautiful, its what goes on inside our head then gets spat out when we have had enough. It can be written it can be danced, it can be said and sometimes painted. Its all over and when we open our eyes and our hearts its all we will ever see.....

Sunday, January 30, 2011

felting all over the world

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