Maureen Harding Gallery
Special Projects
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One Fabulous Weekend: Spring 2010
A mind stretching weekend with four other experienced felters
One fabulous weekend was spent in my studio with four other experienced felters. The idea was to stretch our abilities, break old habits, try new things, and just generally share our findings. It was wonderful and we plan to repeat it in the fall. We all learned so much from each other.
Here we are, in an impromptu fashion show, displaying an eclectic sampling of our creations.
Left to right:
- Suzanne Towns
- Diane Lemire
- Ann McElroy
- Haydee McFarland
- Maureen Harding (me)
Ann and Haydee laying out their nuno projects
Maureen getting serious with her bath mat of leicester and border leicester wool
Ann playing with locks
Ann's finished sampler
Suzanne making a resist from thin plastic foam
Diane begins work on the neckline of her garment
Suzanne and Diane trying many techniques at once on two very long scarves
Maureen and Haydee also trying different techniques on two long scarves
Solstice: Summer 2009
An exhibition of textiles by the artists of ArtWear NetWork
As members of ArtWear NetWork, Bonnie Glass and I collaborated in the production of the following pieces for the Solstice exhibition of textiles at the Burlington Art Centre.
Bonnie's pieces incorporate some of my hand dyed and nuno felted fabrics:
- Sand washed crepe de chine - hand dyed and overdyed using the Bomaki Shibori technique.
- Nuno felted fabrics - superfine merino sandwiched between china silk and silk fibres, nuno felted, hand dyed, then over dyed using the Arashi Shibori and Mokume Shibori techniques.
