HawkGreenFelts
felt never felt so good
My studio is taking shape now and allowing me to work freely albeit with the usual distractions of a home. I am hoping to add new bags and artfelts to the site soon and
also to continue my availability for workshops and talks .
See exhibitions
also to continue my availability for workshops and talks .
See exhibitions
Why not try my lovely supersoft prefelts, some as large as 24" square, made to order in your own choice of colours.
I shall be adding more new designs soon and selling all my work through my Etsy shop.Make sure you check it out!!
www.etsy.com/shop/hawkgreenfelts
I shall be adding more new designs soon and selling all my work through my Etsy shop.Make sure you check it out!!
www.etsy.com/shop/hawkgreenfelts
Primula FF
Pauline Coddington
Pauline Coddington
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Felt Jewellery is a new adventure for me and I am really enjoying the chance to have fun creating unusual pieces that flatter the person but do not hurt the pocket.
I was asked recently to write a short piece on my local landscape and how it influences my work. I do tend to be a bit wordy so reducing it to 300 words proved to be very difficult. Here it is:
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The Marple and Goyt Valley landscape changed drastically with the advent of the Industrial Revolution and its mills. The erstwhile tranquility of the countryside was shattered by the noise of spinning and weaving machinery.
My studio is based in one of those mills; the Goyt Mill in Hawk Green. A huge brick-built construction of 1905, it overlooks the local golf course and the Macclesfield Canal. The canal was originally used to transport raw materials and finished goods, but today is a well-maintained means by which canal boat enthusiasts can enjoy the lush scenery and the challenges offered by its system of locks.
I walk a stretch of the Macclesfield Canal most days with my three dogs. In spring and summer I see it fill with birdlife and wild flowers. On wet days I see the endless muddy tow path suffer under the pressure of bicycles and heavy Wellington boots. In winter, the canal is sometimes frozen and haphazardly fractured, traversed only by the occasional dare-devil duck or small dog.
My creative processes seem to function at a pace with nature. Work develops, changes, is distressed, defaced, overlaid, embellished and reformed into new ideas much in the same way that nature performs a gradual, ongoing redevelopment of the land. The technique of feltmaking involves putting down several layers of wool which combine during the felting process to form a fabric. The lower layers of fibre may penetrate and subtly change the surface of the felt giving an indication of what lies beneath.
Beneath the tranquility of the Marple landscape today remain whisperings of what has gone before. Those whisperings are integral to my creative identity as a feltmaker and textile artist.
Pauline Coddington
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The Marple and Goyt Valley landscape changed drastically with the advent of the Industrial Revolution and its mills. The erstwhile tranquility of the countryside was shattered by the noise of spinning and weaving machinery.
My studio is based in one of those mills; the Goyt Mill in Hawk Green. A huge brick-built construction of 1905, it overlooks the local golf course and the Macclesfield Canal. The canal was originally used to transport raw materials and finished goods, but today is a well-maintained means by which canal boat enthusiasts can enjoy the lush scenery and the challenges offered by its system of locks.
I walk a stretch of the Macclesfield Canal most days with my three dogs. In spring and summer I see it fill with birdlife and wild flowers. On wet days I see the endless muddy tow path suffer under the pressure of bicycles and heavy Wellington boots. In winter, the canal is sometimes frozen and haphazardly fractured, traversed only by the occasional dare-devil duck or small dog.
My creative processes seem to function at a pace with nature. Work develops, changes, is distressed, defaced, overlaid, embellished and reformed into new ideas much in the same way that nature performs a gradual, ongoing redevelopment of the land. The technique of feltmaking involves putting down several layers of wool which combine during the felting process to form a fabric. The lower layers of fibre may penetrate and subtly change the surface of the felt giving an indication of what lies beneath.
Beneath the tranquility of the Marple landscape today remain whisperings of what has gone before. Those whisperings are integral to my creative identity as a feltmaker and textile artist.
Pauline Coddington
I am also working in a new format using watercolour inks on heavy watercolour paper and stitching texture and detail as well as applying applique to the image.
