Men of the Land

 

Above(clockwise):Gary, Family Portrait

(Sheepish, Gary & Junior)&

Close up of Sheepish. Sheepish. 

Above: Sheepish

Below: Gabriel

A Spot of Inspiration

Jaume Plensa (http://jaumeplensa.com/)  at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park

 Above: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

I love the light (that almost feels like emotion) coming from inside the figures. Their presence in the space was awe inspiring. In a strange way it was like standing in a room with your emotions and thoughts looking down at you.

Below: The giant alibaster heads were more disquieting,

like sleeping giants. 

The lighting and cleane, whiteness of 

everything gave the faces a super human beauty.

Needle Felting Process

Needle felting-
I've been proficient in wet felting forever but needle felting is something that had past me by until recently. We went into a shop in Edinburgh and the woman behind the counter was putting the finishing touches on a sort of extra-imaginary mermaid, she showed me how to do it ("it's simple" ... if you've already been doing it for years) and sold me the necessary basics, 100g marino wool and a felting needle. The journey home from Edinburgh produced Gabriel (see next post) and above is the process pictures for Sheepish.