3D knitting and soft sculpture

                                                                           
                                                                            Beach

                                                                          
                                                                         Waves

                                                                            
                                                                          Fields

                                                                        
                                                                         Sunset


I'm planning to revisit my experiments with 3D hand knitted felt over the summer. See some more photos of my work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/25094859@N05/sets/72157627116070048/
I want to see if it's possible to create larger sculptural work in felted knitting. Here are two of my recent experiments:

                                                  
                                                   Red tree trunk , knitted felt June 2010


The design was based on the red bark of a Chinese birch tree. It was knitted with circular needles and I was very pleased that once it was felted it was free standing!

                                                      Sea vessel, knitted felt April 2011


I am intrigued by the vivid and changing colours of the sea and have tried to capture them using various media over the years. I knitted this with circular and double pointed needles. It is also free standing. Both are about 20cm tall.


For some reason I like the challenge of a self supporting structure but I found it interesting using tension to create form with felted knitting for my recent installation, 'All the babies I might have had':

 All the babies I might have had June 2011, diptych of soft sculptures, felted knitting, canvas, zip


It was very time consuming to set up but very effective! 


It was also very thought provoking.