Wednesday 27 November 2013

Nuno and Bamboo

I found time last week to make a notebook cover from the bright flowery nuno piece I recently made. The finished felt piece turned out bigger than I'd expected and I did play with the idea of making a passport style shoulder bag. Maybe if I'd had a nice button or some Delrin clips I would have, but in the end I thought a book cover would look nice. This is the front:


And this is the back:


I usually leave the natural felt edges on the inside front flap, but when I worked out the best position of the felt for the cover, it ended up on the inside back :


So the 'neat' cut edge is on the inside of the front.


I've been mostly working on some ideas using natural wools and fibres recently. As much as I like nuno and brightly coloured Merino, the natural shades of wools and fibres and the different textures and properties of the wools and fibres and how they work together is a bit of an obsession for me :) I made a few pieces with different bamboo fibres this week. Some were just samples as I worked out the crinkles of ideas and played with the fibres to get the look I want. This is a sample piece I made using black bamboo blended with black merino:


This piece worked out just how I imagined and wanted it. It's 18.5 mic Merino with bamboo staple fibre for subtle shiny texture:


What have you been working on lately?

2 comments:

  1. That note book cover is so pretty Zed, love the material you used, and REALLY !!! didn't know you had an obsession with how things work together lol the black bamboo and merino one looks very cool but the white one is gorgeous, it looks so soft and warm :) xo

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    1. Thanks, Kaz :)
      The white one is really soft, I love using the fine merino.

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