Finished for the moment!

(following on from "Thus Far")

I was thinking of a gentle curve and a series of graduated tubes and not much else to begin with. I used paper straws and card to view the idea in 3D. It looked promising so I cut the stitched tubes into sections and began to fix them to a base. It became quite obvious that the Lutradur tubes had ideas of their own and clearly wanted to lean at much greater angles. I rather liked the effect and let the line meander in a slightly drunken fashion.

Embellished wool fibres over organza provided a foundation layer on which to work and finer details in the form of free machine embroidery, wrapped wires and coiled wires were also added. The tubes and felt base are fixed but everything else has fallen into position and been allowed to remain rather like an ongoing flower arrangement which permits fluidity and change.

Moving forwards I think I will try a heavier weight Lutradur (a 70 perhaps) and play with some larger cylindrical shapes.