Sea inspired creation 靈感自海洋

I'm lucky I live in the area surrounded by ocean with undulating mountains.  My work always inspired by nature.  This wool felt box I made with the inspiration of sea and wave. 

海洋 - 水、 浪給予創作靈感, 香港的山與水美不勝收, 這個赤柱灘頭經常是我流連之地, 閒日更感悠閒. 這個羊毛盒子就是這海浪影子中完成.

 

The lid with silk string like water, embellished with the local picked coral.

Tide in tide out...

Solo object on the rock ......

 

Solo woman on the beach .....

 

Listening to the echo of wave......

 

Friends know my area but new readers may interest to see more.

The is Stanley where I own a tiny studio. Sometimes after a stuff finished I like to take shots and stroll around in weekdays. Here're a few bays and beaches.  All formed stunning environment.  When I'm there I imagine I'm in somewhere facing the Mediterranean 

 

A pier, fishing boats, fishermen drying their hunts on the rock.

 

Boats need a rest in the winter

 

Row of typical fishermen houses, now is private property. 

The views may particularly impressive to Judy G.

The day I took the images of the trinket box, I received a parcel from the States.  Judy G of CJStitchingand Blooms was so kind to send me the beautiful things of her handmade crochet bowl, washing cloth, wool batt, yarns, shell, beads.....

 

Mogi, "Mum's pampered by her readers"

 

The yarns of turquoise are so pretty. I'll definitely do another stuff related to ocean with these wool and yarns.

 

Mogi, "Mum has no jade, no gem but mighty hands"

 

A trinket box for the little wool felt jewlery

 

A trinket box made of wool, mulberry silk to have 3D textures of sea, wave.  Embellished with glass beads as sand or rocks.......

 

The lid topped with the local beach picked coral.  

Solo object facing the South China Sea.

Wool felt trinket boxes 羊毛小飾盒

 

 Wool felt trinket boxes of two beating hearts and enclaved shell.

 

Both made inspired by the sea.......

 

My studio neighbor sweetie gave me a pretty shell.  It's nice to make something with it.  I used enclosed resist,  little yarn and mulberry silk to make the look of sky, wave & water.  

 

The one of red hearts made of prefelt shapes,  enclosed resist with yarns on top for the lid and a little white mulberry silk on the body for sheen effect

 

After felted and shaped it round, embellished beads as pearl尸 !!

 

Both are made in one piece.  I just cut around the top to make a lid.

 

Trinket boxes for the little something

 

 

Put the LED lamp to make it a .........

 glowing box for the dressing table .......

 

or a glowing box for table for two on the Valentine's night......  with two beating hearts......

 

May be a  keepsake after a beach hunt with the lover.....

 

keep a  treasury of memory........

This year's Valentine's Day coincide with Chinese Lantern Festival (Chinese Lovers' Day).

Wish all lovers a romantic day or whoever enjoys being alone.

 

I thank for the ones I love, who give me lots of space, who set me free....... Valentine's Day is not the only day of love.......my family. 

 

 

Hearts give to all those I love and YOU stopping by !

Have loved moments, not only on the Valentine's Day !

 有情人何須終成眷屬, 有時候, 各有自處空間也是美好時光.

兩情若是久長時 , 又豈在朝朝暮暮

Felted box of poodle 狗狗毛毛盒子

A wool felt box of wenslaydale fleece and hair from poodle. 

My sister-in-law has lovely dogs.  This poodle is one of it. I said I can make something with their hair. Just give me a little after cutting.

I used a little wensleydale fleece, merino wool mixed with poodle's brown curly hair to enclose a foam resist.  After 2 layers, wet felting and rolling.....

Here comes the box.....

 A one-piece wool felted box with hairy lid.  

For keeping or.... 

with LED lamp  for decoration. 

Something made with loved pets is a treasure. 

Student's vivid spring scarf 燦爛春日圍巾

My student Stella, local art designer and founder of s+click (fb page),  wants to explore the interest of wool felt.  She has a great sense of color, particularly loves red, purple....bright and cheerful color.  She made this vivid scarf with the spring feel yesterday. 

Actually, the first thing she learnt was a wool felt box made last week.

It's made with resist and nuno felt flower on the lid.  Light glowing from the flower lid with a LED lamp is ambience added.

 

Stella lives on an outlying island Lamma. She came all the way from the tiny island to my urban home not only wanted to make a box in 3 hours,  She asked me to teach nuno felt scarf. 

Spent some time in layering wool over the fabric, rubbing, rolling.....

 OMG, how come it didn't entangle ! I burnt the corner and found the fabric was synthetic not pure silk ! No wonder ! What an embarrassing moment for me to waste my student's effort.   I didn't charge this scarf session and offered her half price to make a new one at her convenience. 

Yesterday she came and wanted to do a whole wool felt scarf with new technique.  I showed her to make the pre-felt sheep, 3D popping flowers and wild fleece manipulating.  She picked her favourate color.   The first layer (underneath) was mustard, the top was mixed bright. She loved the twisted loops that reminded her when she's small she used to twist or braid her mum's hair.

My intention was to put the sheep on the back but she insisted on the front position  with two big flowers above.  I let her do in her way.

 I do not use many tools for this sort of scarf making, simply bubble wraps, some rubbing on the surface or with a net over it for direct rubbing then rolling.

To help rubbing the prefelt flowers and sheep we used the handy massager. 

When almost finished, just used the needle to make the sheep outline sharp. 

In a few hours the brilliant scarf was made.  Very vivid color of spring. 

The sheep are so sweet on this side and with some curly Teeswater fleece look like clouds. 

Cheerful and lovely with the flowers above. 

Soft and free style 

Ends of the reverse side are with long curly Teeswater fleece. 

A wild look and goes with other styles 

A pretty pack  

Teaching is way of learning for me too. Form students' own ideas I know the trends and their different taste.  Thanks Stella for joining my class.  You rocked!  We've a bright and colorful time in the gloomy day - our typical humid and raining spring time.

Wish you all a bright spring - cheeful and colorful !