Global Heart - Hand Felted Art Piece

A couple of days ago I saw a beautiful painting of a swirly heart that was making the Facebook rounds. I decided I wanted to make one similar out of felt. Drumroll please... Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly introduce... Global Heart.

Global Heart

Detail of center

Detail of bottom

Heart Strings - the completed Tapestry

It's taken a while to get this posted but it's finally here! I was so excited to give this to my friend that I forgot to take a photo of it when I finished it. We managed to meet up the other night and the photos were taken. So, without any further delay, may I present...

Heart Strings - click for full size

Close up of pre-felt heart - click for full size

I had some leftover red felt from a hat I made and used that for the hearts in this piece. That way I could get a properly shaped heart that wouldn't distort during the felting process. I am very happy with the way this turned out!

Heart Strings

This is an art piece I am doing for a friend of mine. It is created using the technique of nuno felting using a base of sparkly gold tulle covered with merino wool, corriedale wool, silk sari yarn and copious amounts of firestar and angelina. At this stage it is all laid out and wet down. The next steps will be rubbing, rolling, tossing, throwing and shaping. I will post some pics of the completed piece soon.

My friend is an art therapist and works with people using art as a tool for opening up and going within to release old injuries and patterns of behavior. In one session with her she helped me to reconnect with parts of myself that I had shoved away and ignored at several intervals throughout my life. The three smaller figures represent my child self of about 4yrs old, my teenage self of about 16, and my young adult self of about 30. The large central figure is me now.

At each stage of my life, those parts of me had hopes, dreams and desires that not only went unrealized, they were shoved away. I let other things dictate the course of my life and didn't see those parts of myself as important enough to nurture. In the therapy I was able to reconnect with those parts of me, since they still exist. What a wonderful and empowering exercise! I now feel whole and complete. I recognize those old dreams and desires and now know their importance in the progression of my life. I have rediscovered how valuable I and my hearts desires really are. Thank you Karen! You have a wonderful gift and I am privileged to have experience it!

Love is Everywhere

I've been seeing a lot of hears in nature lately. This time I had my camera :D