May 23rd

i only have one finished piece to show you, I do have one marble piece that I set aside to finish felting in the morning.  I want it to shrink more and I was running out of patience and needed to quit for the night.  I also have 4 small pieces laid out ready for the felting process to begin. This is what I felted this morning. I incorporated some fish skin in the piece. It was a learning experience and I plan on making some more pieces with fish skin, I think this piece is fun.

   
 I realized that I did not show you any of the tanned fish skins last night so here they are.  In the first picture are the more expensive pieces, the green shiny one is perch and the bluey one is cod. The next picture are the seconds that I purchased, I laid them out so I could enjoy the look of them all together.

   
 One of the small pieces that they had for sale at the fish tannery was a brooch with felt balls.  I knen I could make one but if I didn’t make it right away I would forget so this is my prototype. It is a little small, the leaves are only 2″ long but it gives me the idea of what to do. I happen to have brooch clasps with me so this one is ready to go, perhaps for sale at the Firewed Studio in Yellowknife this summer. I need to come up with some more contemporary shapes for brooches, any ideas anyone?

  
I did get to the pool this afternoon for a swim/water jog and a sit in the hot pool.  The pool is closed on Sunday and Monday is a holiday here so they are closed then as well. After going to the pool I stopped at a new cafe that opened today in town and had a bite to eat. It was good food and it is nice to see a new business opening here. 

Hopefully I have a bit more felting to show you tomorrow, I did finish 2 more coral tubes, only 4 to go. 

Thanks for reading.

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