experiments with lino!

Ok so Ive been an absent blogger for a week or so! sorry! I have been very busy and also a bit lost...the blues turned a bit black for a few days but Ive managed to shake off that feeling for now!

Ive been playing with lino with some success but mainly fustration! trying to much at once as usual! Ive attempted 3 and 4 color prints wanting that slightly off registration look and playing with more graphical designs! my enemy has been color agian!!! I have been working with tiny old tubes of ink trying to stretch it to far....money alway the issue I cant afford to buy new inks and want to achieve to much from the little I have!!!
Apart from struggling with the colors I cant seem to print them clean! and I dont like that! Im working with out a press just using a barren to rub the backs...works much better when you have enough ink to go around!!!

Ive come to a stand still with it due to frustration! Im hoping to raise some money soon so I can buy inks and better paper and really have a proper go ! Im desperate to use screen printing and work on fabric but again cash will not allow at the present!!! for now I think ill work on some designs and have a load of ideas and motifs ready to go for when I can!!!

(Still trying to decide about a new shop/venture will post more on this very soon- I need advise...)

also a new interview in the pipe line so watch this space xxx

more felting experiments

Another felting experiment, just playing with mixing machine and hand embroidery with the needle felting. Im quite liking it.
Ive had a rubbish week with no time to get anything started, I have a list as long as my arm to get on with! tomorrow is the day for me, lets hope I wake up with bags of energy!!

Felting adventures

After some successes with plant dyeing and my recent purchases of whole sheep fleeces, I thought it is time I had a go at felting again.

I have tried wet felting before but never needle felting, I was inspire by some of the lovely work we saw at woolfest last week, also coincidentally Jesse has brought home an art research project for high school and she had chossen an artist who makes beautiful felt pictures...so no excuses not to have a go together.

We used some of the dyed samples Ive been making, a few bits of brought merino tops and some raw undyed bits with the lovely crimp still in the fleece....

 

The last one is Jesse's, I think it really lovely, she plans to add some embroidery details very soon, I hope her teachers are happy with it!

( the artist Jesse was asked to look at is Moy Mackay)