red felt carnelian wrap - close up I n May I had a wonderful opportunity to do a workshop with Sachiko Kotaka, renowned felt maker, origami and performance artist. www.sachkokotaka.com Sachiko Kotaka workshop I learnt a lot from Sachiko – her unique origami/kirigami and weaving felting techniques as well as the virtue of patience in creating art and repeatedly practising techniques to develop competence. This last week I think the winter blues got the better of me, so I practised some of Sachiko’s techniques and “felt” a lot better. I was really happy with the wrap I made during the week – so happy, I wore it to a function on Saturday night. red felt carnelian wrap It is a nuno felted wrap, using beautiful merino wool, a scrap of sheer fabric ( I cannot remember what it is or where it came from) and some disks of carnelian from my bead stash. I really like carnelian, not onl...
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