Purple Hearts of Passion

I am on a roll with needle felting. Margo Duke, my instructor on Friday, probably doesn’t realize the beast she created. I had another fun couple days taking ordinary fibers and blending them together to make a new fabric piece. I can’t believe the amount of things I have in my arsenal to work these projects. I’ve been collecting for awhile and suddenly everything is blending together. Several months ago, I made some “shrinky-dink” charms and they go perfect with this new purple passion rendering. I also bought a huge bag of embroidery floss at a flea market not too long ago…that too is incorporated in this work. Beads, threads, and yarns that have been stashed are coming out of the closet. Wow!

So what do you call this art form? I guess, because of all the layers, it would be called collage. But the term collage, renders thoughts of paper and paint. I haven’t added any of those items…yet…

Then what do you  do with it once it is finished? Yeah, there’s the ordinary “make in into a pillow or purse” route. HoHum, says Nanette. I see fish. Well not exactly yet. This piece is intended for another purpose. It took a great deal of guts…but when I was finished…I cut it into tiny pieces. As a big piece (9″ x 12″), not many people can enjoy it…but if you cut it into smaller pieces more people can take a slice home.  That’s were the idea for pins comes in. Tiny little adorements to wear on a lapel. What do you think?

Can you tell I’m having fun with this? I think I found my niche. I just took several decades to get there.