nemo ignorat

fishlis (assumentum bestullae)

fishlis

Three years ago, I've stitched fishlis I called assumentum bestullae (you can find more on them here). I showed them in an exhibition which lead to a falling out with the gallerist and I lost my fun for them. But when I went under the torrents of life, I remembered how much fun I had with them and began some new.

Baiser, for her kissing mouth

baiser

Baiser was called Wonky in the beginning. She looks like I felt. But then she mutated into the kiss.

And then there is Snarky.

snarky

Snarky's mouth looks like he could make some snappy remark any time. I like him.

No 3 still isn't developed enough to have a name. He or she is still going.

The fabric is still some Procion MX dyed old bed sheets from waaaay ago, long before I was able to successfully dye cotton with natural dyes. But the fabric's still here and wants to be worked into something nice.

Manta

The Manta is finally finished. And before I carry all of them to the exhibition place, I thought of making a picture of him. Yes, he is male, definitely ;o)

 

from the top

 

the bottom. may I direct your attention to the bright red mouth

left hand

right hand

He managed to become enormous. From fingertip to fingertip 26" and from tail onset to mouth 23". We'll see how he will fit in the "aquarium"

 

One Fish Two Fish

the last 2 weeks were spent with my assumentum bestullae (rag beasties) for the exhibition at the beginning of July, which is - gasp - nearly upon me. Mama Fish is well known here

mama fish

though, there was some more stitching done on her. And now the 4 little fish are finished. And since my hair dresser has a beautiful courtyard and I was waiting for my appointment anyway, I used the opportunity for a photo shooting.

Jumper, who nearly fell into the fish pond

parrot

parrot

woven

woven

suprised - my absolute favourite

surprsed

All are 100% hand sewn, from hand dyed vintage fabrics (I'm trying to use up my Procion MX dyed fabrics for them), and stuffed with carding waste from spinning, waiting for a purpose. (It was all darkish brown and came from many Zwartbles sheep carding sessions.)

There is still a Manta Ray I need to get finished until this weekend because I have some customer dyeing to do next week.

I am rather pleased with them so far. And it is a lot of fun to sew them.