blog in felt, doesn’t everyone?
November 28th, 2007
Namaste, ciao and welcome to my blogosphere. You may guess from these pages that I am crazy for two things at the moment, felt, yes you read correctly felt,the woolly stuff the Mongolians make their yurts from, and that most seductive, frustrating, dusty and charming of countries, India.
I had a lot of fun this winter 08 experimenting with reversible jackets in felt and making wild spiky scarves …..check out my video (thanks to Karla for modelling )
see more at my flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmenterprises/sets/72157606477615291/
you can order felt designs email mercer.katy@gmail.com
Check out some of my images from my textile trip to India in 2007, and find out more about the festival of Holi in my page, P.K.’s India.
P.K. was our delightful and charming driver for most of the trip through Rajasthan and Delhi.
P.K. at Holi
crazy foreigners at Holi
India Flint eco designer extraordinaire
In June this year I took part in a wonderful eco-dyeing workshop with India Flint in Canberra organised by Bonnie Begg. Everyone took along at least 4 items of clothing in natural materials such as linen, cotton, silk or wool that could be re-deployed! Jumpers were turned inside out and upside down and shirts had their sleeves cut off and buttons re-assigned - the limit was your imagination. After we had sewn like crazy people for a day or so the fun began boiling up eucalyptus leaves of all kinds and boiling our creations in the brew. Some of the results were stunning, a turquoise silk skirt became the most stunning coppery colour, a pale pink non-descript cardigan became the most beautiful russet…
India Flint is a pioneer of eco-dyeing see her website www.indiaflint.com
Amnesty International
The Olympics may be over but censorship is alive and well. See the Amnesty International Australia website for more information about their anti-censorship campaign.
http://uncensor.com.au/ to find out more about censorship in China.
