Textile vessels


pot and dish
Originally uploaded by MadeleineS.

Last week at the day job was a bit of a rollercoaster - an open day on the Saturday (22 sept) and an awards dinner on the Thursday (we won a team award for our public maths events :-) ). So it was a relief to get back to the studio and make these restful vessels. I really like the solidity of the grey Gotland fleece and it combines so well with red. I feel a collection of these coming along - possibly for the gallery show at the December Open Studios event at Coburg House. Put the first weekend in December in your diary as crafty weekend. There's going to be loads happening in Edinburgh!

tomorrow I have an extra day to do things for Craft Reactor and the International Day of Felt this weekend so expect another post soon.

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