Silver Birch

Description

With this piece I wanted to create something reminiscent of paper-like birch bark and leaf skeletons. This is a beautiful, natural and very organic piece made with a variety of fibres.

Hand crafted using a wet felting technique, each piece is a spontaneous creation and one of a kind. Starting life as a tiny seed of wool fibre, growing outwards and upwards an organic alchemy of fleece and hands.

An ongoing creative process, the variety of the form allows you to create, draping, wrapping and twisting. I have felted knotholes into this piece which allows strands to be passed through and looped around, they serve to anchor the felt in position.

Size: This piece is approximately 2 metres/ 6'6"

Colours: natural white, natural grey, natural fawn, black
This is created almost entirely of undyed fibres, the only dyed colour is the black.

Please convo me for exact measurements, I'm happy to answer any questions about this piece.

** A NOTE ABOUT COLOUR***
Due to variations in monitors there may be a slight discrepancy in the trueness of the colours shown.
Hand-crafted using a wet felting technique, each piece is a spontaneous creation and one of a kind. Starting life as a tiny seed of wool fibre, growing outwards and upwards an organic alchemy of fleece and hands.

*A NOTE ABOUT MERINO WOOL*
I was saddened to learn about the practice of museling on Merino Sheep in Australia, as a result of this I am now guaranteeing that all of my work is created with non-museled Merino wool fibre.
Things are gradually changing for the Aussie Merino's but until I'm 100% sure I won't be using it.

Added on Nov 28, 2009