Mushrooms growing on logs

Theses mushrooms have been inside my head for a while now. It's quite a relief to get them out and into 3D. Each mushroom is a mix of both new and recycled fabrics and they are fille with fibrefill.

 They are embellished with an assortment off new and old charms, beads, buttons and other little nik naks like crocheted ladybirds and flowers.

 

  I love to reuse old jewellery and clothing and I scour secondhand shops and markets for nice fabrics I can use.

 

 

 

Each one is totally unique and handmade by me. The logs are from young trees whichhave been coppiced to avoid overcrowding. The rings are clearly visible and there are in this group five rings in all.
 

They are for sale in my Etsy shop called MrsBellybuttonsfluff. There is a link top right of this page.

I really enjoyed making this first batch of mushrooms and am cerrtain to be making more as I have an idea for an entire pole covered in sprouting multi couloured fungi.

Mini patchwork brooches

These mini patchwork brooches have alocking pin on the back so they won't be lost. They are made using old and new recycled fabrics and are adorned with stitchwork, buttons, seed beads, bells and other assorted bits and bobs such as found objects and old jewellery.

Each one is different and they are approx 4/5 cm square.

I really enjoy sewing these little items as they are easy to handle and I love the fact that each one is unique and very colourful. On such a tiny little thing it's great to have such an assortment of things to see.

Mini art works framed as gifts.

Ok so I love reusing old jewellery and found objects in a way which means they can be looked at as opposed to being in a box under the bed.

Recently I've been busy making some hand sewn mini works of art using old fabrics and recycled duvet covers and pillow cases as well as the usual selection of old bits and pieces of jewellery and beads that I've been keeping until I thought of an idea for how to use them.

I like all sorts of coloured buttons and threads and tiny crocheted flowers and butterflys and whilst I have no discernable skills with needlework I do love making things up as I go along.

As an 'experienced' collected of all things tiny, found or broken this means I can justify my collections by turning them into art.


 

Sunsets and Fog

These pics are of a foggy morning in North Holland Oct 2010.




Good reflections on the canal.        

  Large boat moored.
                                                       



The sun was tring to break through.    

These are fotos of a sunset over Noord Holland on 6 th October 2010.


The colours were just as they are here and have not been digitally enhanced with photoshop or something.

In this pic there is a plane to give it some perspective.




This is a really crisp silhouette against the fabulous pinks, blues and
golds.

Glass Buddah Head Lamp

I have a collection of heads..............I bit like Worzel Gummidge. I have hairdressers practise heads and ceramic heads and also glass heads in different humanoid shapes and Buddah heads.

For years I wanted to illuminate them.

 

 

 

I came across this second hand shelving unit from Ikea and set about realising my vision. I painted the shelves white to match the wall and therefore making them less 'visible'. I bought a set of lights with LEDS and all are on one piece of wire and I simply put one lamp underneath each glass head, one per shelf.

In the evening they give off a wonderful amount of colour and brighten up a dark area of my lounge.

The fotos here were taken in the daylight so you can just how bright they are even then.