Containment by Ruth Woods
Awakened with new inspiration from reading the book Finding Form with Fibre by Ruth Woods, I thought about the left over vines from last years Wisteria plant that I had in the shed and decided to rejuvenate them by soaking them in water in the bath
This morning my only plan was to get stuck into my college work and with a deadline looming, I needed to work quickly and decisively. I've not been enamoured with the thread basket attempts. They're flimsy and I'm not happy with their appearance either, especially when they are combined with my natural paper.
I considered all my thoughts and sketches and collected samples and decided to be more resourceful with what I had available in my own back garden
Hexagonal, honeycomb chicken wire,
Garden twine, naturally dyed in different colours,
Home-made plant paper,
Wisteria vines.
Ideas and decisions were forming in my mind. The chicken wire could replace the honeycomb thread structure, but I would wrap yellow thread around the shapes. I may add some embroidered bees to it,
My dish vessel could be created by coiling some fibres.
and I still want to create a paper bag of embroidered images of what habitat means to me.
Still 3 vessels, but made with materials found in my garden.
Habitat pieces made from my own back garden habitat.
Waking up early and freely moving around my home space, playing and sourcing the natural materials, I was able to find a flow in my thinking and being.
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