Tag: Wire

Lotus Wire Basket

By Deborah Pierro: I made this basket last year as a special gift for Krishna. My neighbors are Krishna devotees, so I gave this gift to them for Krishna. Their daughter picked out the colors of copper jewelry wire for me to use. I have a lotus shaped bowl, so I decided to use it as…

Wee Three (side view)

"Wee Three"  "Wee Three is a silhouette of my kids when they were younger.  I collaged vintage ephemera, added found objects and ribbons, used wire and copper nails for detail, and added color with water-based oil pastels.

Wee Three

"Wee Three" "Wee Three" is a silhouette of my kids when they were younger.  I collaged vintage ephemera, added found objects and ribbons, used wire and copper nails for detail, and added color with water-based oil pastels.

"It came from the deep!"

Inspired partly by the scenery and beach where I live. Walking the beach often, I collect many treasures to make art with. Who knows what dark monsters the depths of the ocean really hold? Mixed media collage mounted on driftwood. Waves, background, mountains and small colored flags made from cloth-paper. Cloud and sail made from dryer…

Prisoner of Progress

My Granddaughter gave me the doll.  She knows I collect odd objects for art.  She said I could make a "creepy art project" with it.  I wanted to take advantage of the sad look the doll had and started with the cage like thing.  After that I added objects to represent some of the downsides…

Peacock

Stitched on a hand dyed background of linen with added touch of pulled threads, I stitched with metallic thread, on a scrap of nuno felted silk and hand batik colored tissue paper .  The fibers of the various types and colors of wool were felted into a chiffon silk and then embellished with glass beads,…

All Is Well

This little piece combines my three favorite things – wool, wire, and words; i created it for the Felted Wonders Reader Challenge. The Jacob sheep from our farm provide the wool for my felt collages, and I love combining the wool with beads, buttons, and wire.  For this collage, the needle felted circle is stitched…