I find Wearable Art an exciting three dimensional opportunity which serves to grace the human form, lift the fragile spirit, and illustrate the expressive self. The following collection contains examples of many techniques that I offer through workshops.

Rust Dyed Nuno Felt Dress.  Cotton voile, bodice felted with rust dyed merino wool

Summer Dress

Double layers of silk gauze fabric connected with "paths" of felted merino/silk fiber.

 

Tied Tunic
Strip felt garment made of recycled and new materials.  Two pieces, tied together at sides and shoulders.

Tied Tunic
Back view

Cocoon Wrap
Soft tones of merino wool felted into silk chiffon base. Collaged surface design of metallic fabric and kimono silk.

Nuno Felt Dress & Wrap
a magical conglomerate textile made by felting wool fiber into cotton voile weave, transforming the altered surface into rippling texture by adding lustrous silk fiber.

Basic Nuno Rusca Cloaks
a soft rushing of merino wool fiber into cotton voile base weave produces a rippling surface

Nuno Forest Lace Mantle
Nuno lace wrap: combining hand died cotton voile and merino wool, shibori overdyed.

Felt Lace Dress
hand dyed merino wool, black cotton voile

Nuno Felt Lace Mantle
cotton scrim and merino wool fiber in two layers of lace

Tangled Spaces
Nuno felt lace mantle; cotton scrim weave with merino and English Leicester wool

Butterfly
Tropical Felt Cloak
hand dyed merino wool cloak roving in a lacy scribbling of felted openwork and turban with yarned outer surface.

Lightweight Felt
60% Corriedale wool blended with 40% mulberry silk, surface design of merino wool and hand painted fabric collage

Spotted Tunic & Beret
corriedale wool tunic with collar, and beret, overdyed.

Owl Cape and Hat
handspun yarn inner- connecting 2 layers of merino wool fiber, with mulberry silk surface designs.

Zodiac Cloak
circular cloak of merino wool, imagery of the 12 zodiac signs encircling

Scarlet Vest and Hat
merino wool fiber