Accurate Likenesses

Here are new pictures of a piece I made last fall for Gallery R in Rochester. Heavily influenced by Jen Stark and Kara Walker, I wanted to do a papercut that was a portrait of my roommates and I.  Plus, we needed something to put on our living room wall. I had been  thinking about how a silhouette's likeness could more accurately capture how we feel, or be a silhouette of our inner world. 

Musk ox and fawn

These guys were needle felted with natural raw wool.

Den Lille Havfrue

This is Den Lille Havfrue (Danish for the little mermaid.) I was thinking about the original story by Hans Christian Anderson and how it differed from the Disney version- she becomes sea foam in the end and the Prince marries another girl- and I wanted to make a different version.

In my version this lille havfrue gives up her eyesight instead of her voice and has "antlers" of seaweed to cover her eyes. In my sketch she has webbed fingers as well. Perhaps I'll elaborate on her story later.

She was made with needle felted white wool, crocheted green poly-blend yarn, and yarn-wrapped pipe cleaners for her antlers.

1st rug done!

This rug was made from pure wool roving from my friend Jenny's sheep. I hand-dyed the wool with Kool Aid (for the mauve, purple, and red) and coffee (for the tan mustard color.) It was crocheted and then felted by washing it with hot water. It's dimensions are around 35"x30".

We're starting a craft company!

My Purchase College roommate, Madeleine, and I are starting a company that makes handcrafted products. We've decided to call our business venture Fawndeleine and I came up with a logo and graphic mark for it. We currently making rugs, quilts, felted animals, and jewelry that we're going to sell at a craft festival in Kingston, NY and Park Ave. Fest in Rochester, NY.

Here's the logo, photos of products soon to come.