I have been experiementing with different recycled materials that I have found laying about. I also got some bamboo leaves from the garden to see how they could be used and manipulated.
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Dried Bamboo leaves from the garden... |
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Dried Bamboo stalks and leaves... |
Once I had collected the Bamboo I dried the leaves out over night and then 'folded' and 'weaved' 2 leaves together to see how they would work:-
I like the texture that the result gave so have decided to add this to my mobile hanging. I don't think it will work as well on the screen printed fabric though as I think it is a bit too delicate.
I also found some slippers (that came free from a hotel), an old woolen belt, some old ribbons, card and old swatches of fabric that I could use for my mobile hanging. I have shaped all of the recycled materials in to a simple basic leaf ready to attached to my hanging. I added some machine embroidery to some of the leaves that are made from old fabric swatches - this will help to add some texture and collour to my mobile hanging.
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Old fabric swatch texturised with machine embroidery |
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Attaching my recycled 'leaves' to the woolen belt.
When this is finished this will be my mobile hanging. |
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Recycled card - adding another element to my mobile hanging. |
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An old hotel slipper that I have cut to be part of my mobile hanging. |
My mobile is coming along quite well. I am now going to concentrate on my fabric collection and start expanding my ideas some more. I have about 3 or 4 ideas that I am happy with but I want to keep developing my ideas for my collection, as I feel that I would like to be able to offer a wider variety for my Eco-Friendly range.
So watch this space for my progress reports....
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