Catching Up / The Gopalan Gallery Show Part 2

Here are better pictures of the Ritual Objects series:

Altar Mat with Charms and Wand (2008)
    Happy Childhood Charm
    Unlocking a Song from the Heart Wand
    Meditation Knot Charm
    Intention Focus Charms  
Wool commercial yarn and wool roving, hand-dyed, woven, spun, wet-felted, crocheted, needle-felted, stitched

Dreamtangler (2010)
Wool roving, hand-dyed, spun, wet-felted, crocheted, needle-felted, stitched

Secret Keeper Talisman (2010)
Wool roving, hand-dyed, wet-felted, needle-felted, stitched

Smokewalker Stick     (2008)        
Wool commercial yarn and wool roving, hand-dyed, woven, needle-felted, stitched

Truth Spy Fetish (2010)
Wool commercial yarn and wool roving, hand-dyed, spun, wet-felted, crocheted, needle-felted, stitched

Ocean Oracle Shrine  (2010)
Seashells, wool & nylon yarn, wool roving, hand-dyed, spun, crocheted, woven, wet-felted, needle-felted, stitched

Sun Power Shrine  (2010)River stone, wool commercial yarn, wool roving, hand-dyed, spun,
 crocheted, knitted woven, wet-felted, needle-felted, stitched

 

 

 

 

I also had two pieces in a series to which I'm still adding.  It's called Meditation Solitaire and it's based on the idea of the tabletop Zen garden. Instead of arranging sand and stones, one arranges a variety of shapes (spheres, circles, discs, strands) of felted fiber on a knitted mat. I include a lidded felted vessel to store the pieces in, and the vessel and lid itself can become part of the changing landscape one designs.  Kids loved this and quite a few adults found it soothing and fun.  I only have a picture of one of these right now, but as I make more I will post them.

Meditation Solitaire: Game #2 - (2010)
Cotton, silk & wool commercial yarns, wool roving, hand-dyed, knitted, crocheted, wet-felted, needle-felted

Finally, felted river rocks, which were a part of the Ritual Objects series:

Remembering/Forgetting/Letting Go Stones (2010)
River stones, wool roving, hand-dyed, needle-felted, wet-felted