I have come across a new fiber art I am falling in love with. For me the challenge of creating something out of a media that is so unpredictable and unruly has captured my heart. It is a hands on rip roaring good time. I think about it so much I am having a hard time doing the other things that interest me at this moment. Currently I have worked on two art quilts with art fiber incorporated.
This one certainly not finished yet but I will update as soon as it is.
The next one is also a work in progress. It has evolved into embellishment of the highest degree. It tells a story of an evolving butterfly. To me a butterfly is a "New Beginning" I have recently had a new beginning and this piece certainly has me entangled in story as I complete it. I still have not named it. I am sure it will come to me by the time I have completed it.
This is the over all view of what has been completed.
This portion symbolizes the cocoon. It is wrapped in a beautiful leaf like fabric to hold it. The cocoon is out of one of my long fiber art beads and it is squished (that is a technical term!) to take this shape. It is wrapped in wire and beads.
This is the emerging butterfly. Wings and body are made also out of this fiber. The body is a fiber bead with crystals at the beginning and end and his antenna is silver wire.
The flower is the sustenance of life that makes it possible for life to carry on. The aqua beads are the rain that is the considered a necessary element of life.
Once again the part that is complete. There will be more to come. I must put in that caterpillar yet and who knows what other things will show up.
I will put a close on today’s blog and my first, by the way. I am scheduled for surgery on my knee come Sept. 19, 2011. I will be away for awhile. Don't forget to check out my stores at
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