“”If we don’t have time to fail we don’t have time to create.”

Yes there is a reason for this saying, I definitely have one piece that is on my fail list but I also have an awesome piece so I guess they even out. First I will show you the piece that will probably not travel back to Canada with me. To start with I have no idea why I choose the colours except that, in my own defence, I was thinking there would be more colour come through from the different colours underneath but no such luck.

I spent a very long time making the cords for this piece and it is bug ugly. I can’t see any redeeming virtues, I tried cutting into it, that is what the plan was but it is so hard to cut as the Icelandic wool is thicker and I will tell you I have this baby felted. I am going to let it sit around for a couple of days but then I think I will cut the cords out, I can re-use them and just count it as a loss.  I have made about 8 or 10 of these using merino and they have all worked out so it is my inexperience using Icelandic wool that caused this one to fail and the colour choice, don’t forget the colours.  When this one seemed irredeemable I though I should go onto something I could do so I made another brain coral.

I put the piece on top of the resist I used and you can see how much it shrunk but isn’t it fun. It is now stuffed and drying and I will take another picture tomorrow so you get the real finished product.

The other piece that worked extremely well was the coral piece. Once it was dry I cut out the marbles and cut into it in a lot of places and it is awesome!

I am sure you have to agree this is a thing of beauty, well it is in my mind.  So one really good piece and one really bad piece. I have a couple of small bugs on the go but they won’t be finished until tomorrow so you will have to come back to see what they look like.

My day started with an email from a friend who is at the Hand Weavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta annual conference being held this year in Red Deer.  I try to go but this year I thought I would come to Iceland instead.  The email advised me that I had  won the felting category with my 3d sculptures.  I made three smaller sculptures, one in black, one in yellow and one a light purpley colour and called them the Three Amigos. I am really stoked as it is always nice to be recognized for the time it takes to learn your craft.  I am hoping to get some pictures of them in the show and the whole show will be travelling to High River, Camrose and maybe Calgary.  I will let you know more once I know the schedule.

So so all in all a good day, I went to the pool and water jogged and then sat in the hot pool and I felted, a perfect day.