Its hard to believe that we are already more than half way through the month of May! I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago..
My Beltain / May Day celebration was to felt a Goddess and Greenman to grace our garden.. They are made from some of the big bundle of green fibre Heather left with me :) I used resists to felt them seamlessly, adding hair to the Goddess after removing the resist - I sewed it through, laying it sticking up off her head and carried on felting, it's pretty well rooted in now :)
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I turned them into wind dancers..
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| Hard felt inlays between the fibre layers form raised boobs and a tummy spiral |
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| Lots of curly locks used on the Greenman - there are even more on his other side |
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| I made a beaten wire triskelion and spirals.. and used bead wire and crimps to join all the elements together |
The Goddess has soft silk ribbons hanging down to dance in the breeze, while the Greenman has brass i-ching coins and jade beads tied into the yarn dangles so he chimes softly.
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3 comments:
What a great idea. Do you think they will handle the weather well?
What a lovely way to celebrate May Day!
Thanks girls :) xx
Chris, they will degrade over time.. I've had quite a bit of felt in the garden over the years and don't mind that outdoor felt breaks down over time.. it's just another part of its journey.
The longest I had a piece out was a butterfly felted with my daughter about 5 years ago, I brought it in for the 1st couple of winters but then just left it out. It fluttered away in this winters winds.. I was quite pleased when I found it while walking in the woods, but when I picked it up half was missing.. It may of lasted longer if I carried on taking it in for the winter.
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