Love is all you need...

just playing with some little felted bits....

Time Out...

Took some time out, time off, time to heal.

I didn't feel positive enough to post, so i stopped.

Stopped painting, stopped sewing, stopped felting,

 stopped studying, stopped showering, stopped making decisions,

 stopped caring...

and went deep into my cocoon.

For Pam... Landskins

...some of the 'Landskins' being created...

....beautiful silks, wool, and cottons, have been bubbled up in a pot with eucalyptus leaves, onion skins, iron, to give the most luscious natural colourings

India Flint workshop

A little bit of this, and a pinch of that...

sprinkled lovingly on a merino felt ...

incantations whispered over a bubbling pot...

a wriggle and flick of the willow stick .... Majic!

While i was off on my adventure at India's workshop, i stayed with two lovely ladies, also students, at the backpackers in Warrnambool... and at night i would dream of pots bubbling away, full and overflowing with flowers and petals and leaves, and the incredible array of colours... i couldnt wait to get into class the following day and play .... weeks later... and im still having the dreams, i wake up smiling.... with that same anticipation, and need to go and play and explore some more... Thankyou India

Workshop with India Flint

......recently i was lucky enough to spend a whole blissful week at a workshop in Warrnambool, with the lovely India Flint.....

.....learning the ancient art of felting, dying with eucalypts, and stitching, we made "landskins" and 'eco prints' ....

India is softly spoken, has a presence of pure serenity and grace... and is a brilliant teacher...

i was intrigued, and enchanted by the knowledge she shared with us, about wool and how it reacts, about dying explorations with different leaves, about her love of nature, and her travels...

i was totally enraptured by this amazing woman... and how she weaved, felted, boiled and stitched her magic...

There is something incredibly magical about a bubbling pot, full of colour....

it gives me tingles....