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These landscapes are imperfect memories of places I have visited, explored, studied. Grey termite mound landscapes in Zambia are reborn with bright layers of wool, fibres and asmine dragon pearl tea leaves wrapped with silk. Weedy fields come alive with rows of silks, lines and cocoons. Bark becomes a tree standing against a red silk sky. Western Canada foothills carry the essence of canola crops and hay in their silk lines; the shadows of clouds are sensed from the dark of alpaca wool.
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED CATALPA PODS, COCOONS AND SILK WRAPPED DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES
A COMMISSION
30"X52" FRAMED ON GREY LINEN AND GREY STAINED WOODED FRAME
2013
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DETAIL SHOWING FIELDS AND FOOTHILLS |
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED CHERRY BARK, HEMP BARK, JAPANESE LINEN PAPER
Memories of the prairies with just a little 3d relief and some mysterious circles
2012
24"X48" WITH FRAME MOUNTED ON CREAM SILK
CAN BE HUNG VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY
2012
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED CHERRY BARK, POPLAR LEAF SKELETONS AND HEMP BARK. MEMORIES OF THE HIGHWOOD WEST OF CALGARY.
36"X38" MOUNTED ON A 48"X48" LINEN COVERED CANVAS
2012
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Detail showing cherry bark, linen fibre fence and leaf skeletons in the upper left
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED CATALPA PODS, COCOONS, GRASSES
24"X60" FRAMED
2012
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DETAIL SHOWING COCOONS AND CATALPA PODS AND THE HAY STACKS OF TEA LEAVES. |
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Hills with Canola (Triptych) |
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELTS WITH EMBEDDED TEA LEAVES OR LICHEN AND SWEET GRASS
EACH PIECE IS 8"X10" FRAMED
2011
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT DEPICTING THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES
WITH EMBEDDED COCOONS, DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES, HEMP BARK
20"X60" FRAMED AND SEWN ONTO SILK WRAPPED CANVAS
2010
SOLD
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Landscapes
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Landscapes in Felt
By Sheila R. Thompson
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Preview my new book of felted landscapes. Available for purchase from blurb.com |
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FOOTHILLS WITH EMBEDDED SWEET GRASS
RECONFIGURED INTO 5 SEPARATE PIECES 6"x6" EACH
2010
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK OF
TEA PLANTATION WITH EMBEDDED DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES
12"X20" FRAMED
2010
(SOLD)
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Detail of silk wrapped tea leaves |
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Landscapes -
Foothills Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT OF
HAY FIELDS WITH EMBEDDED GRAPE VINE TENDRILS AND DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES
20"X20" FRAMED
2009
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED GRAPE VINE TENDRILS
CROPS GROW BETWEEN THE FENCES. IN SUPPORT OF FARMERS EVERYWHERE.
20"X28" UNFRAMED ELSE MOUNTED ON GREEN SILK IN A 32`X36`FRAME
2012 DECEMBER
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED HYDRANGEA FLOWER AND KNOTTED FIBRES.
Fly over these fields and tame the aubergine.
18"x28" unframed
2013
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED HYDRANGEA FLOWER AND GRAPE VINE TENDRILS. KNOTTED FIBRES, SILKS, WOOLS.
FRAMED ON YELLOW SILK
24X36"
2012
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Artifacts: Memories in Fields |
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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ARTIFACTS: MEMORIES IN FIELDS
HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED HYDRANGEA FLOWERS, SILK ROPES AND HEMP BARK.
18"X18" UNFRAMED
2012
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Detail of the swirling silk. This felt is meant to symbolize the artifacts of the land - the faint passages of small feet, ancient waterways, former buffalo wallows, higher hills. Process, animals and plants that left their mark now only faintly visible. |
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED PEACOCK FEATHER - POINTY HILL TOP WITH SMOOTH GREEN FIELDS ON EITHER SIDE
Reframed on linen covered canvas 30"x36"
2010
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOD AND SILK FELT WITH
EMBEDDED BARK, KATALPA POD AND TEA LEAVES
BOUNDARY WHERE DROUGHT PREVAILS
17.5" X 27"
2009
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Detail showing the embedded katalpa pod and bark bracelets |
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Commission: Table Runner Yellow Field |
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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Handmade wool and silk felt table runner with fibre embeds.
2011
12" x 41"
A commission
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED COCOONS, KNITTING AND A BIRCH BARK BRACELET. A TRAIL OF NOTES AND SCRIBBLES IS PUNCTUATED WITH AN AFRICAN PORCUPINE QUILL.
22"X36" FRAMED
2010
Selected for the De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things) exhibition, World of Threads Festival, a Common Thread International exhibition in November. www.worldofthreadsfestival.com
Detailed view of cocoons
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Plant a Field: I'll Hold Your Coat |
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED COCOONS AND DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES
22" x 36"
2009
(SOLD)
Detail showing fibres
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Landscapes -
Fields Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT
WITH EMBEDDED BIRCH BARK,
HYDRANGEA FLOWERS, COCOONS,
GRAPE VINE TENDRILS FROM PELEE ISLAND
20"X36" FRAMED
2010
(SOLD)
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Detail showing bracelet of birch bark and hydrangea |
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Landscapes -
Beaches and Coasts Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT COASTLINE WITH COCOONS.
12"X20" FRAMED
2010
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Its a windy night on this stretch of coast. St. Elmo's lightening on the right crashes on this beach. I used throwster's waste silk to create the lightening effect. The fence is a tied linen fiber. |
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Landscapes -
Beaches and Coasts Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED COCOONS, VINE TENDRIL IMITATING NATURAL BEACH DETRITUS AND A PORTION OF CONDOM WRAPPER REVEALING HUMAN OCCUPATION
Made for the Square Foot Show
2011
SOLD
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Landscapes -
Red Sky Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH BIRCH, HYDRANGEA AND CHERRY BARKS
14"x19" unframed
2011
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Detail showing the bark and the fine colouration of the base that layers red, orange, green finished with a smoky silk. |
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Grass at Sunset (triptych) |
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Landscapes -
Red Sky Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED SWEETGRASS AND A SILK ROPE
EACH PIECE IS 8"X10" FRAMED
2011
TWO SOLD
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Landscapes -
Red Sky Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT SHOWING HILL CONTOUR LINES AND THE SHADOW OF A CLOUD
24"X24" FRAMED
2011
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Landscapes -
Red Sky Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT OF A PATH ON A HILL
WITH EMBEDDED HYDRANGEA BLOSSOMS AND SWEET GRASS
12"X36" FRAMED
2010
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Landscapes -
Red Sky Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT OF FIREY APOCOLYPSE LANDSCAPE WITH EMBEDDED PEACOCK FEATHERS AND VINE TENDRILS AND SWEET GRASS
20"X23" FRAMED
2010
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Reinterpreting Termite Mounds I |
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Landscapes -
Termite Mounds Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT
WITH EMBEDDED HYDRANGEA BARK AND SILK WRAPPED DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES POSING AS TERMITE MOUNDS
23"X31"
2010
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Reinterpreting Termite Mounds II |
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Landscapes -
Termite Mounds Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT OF TERMITE LANDSCAPE WITH EMBEDDED DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES AND SILK FIBRES
23"X31"
2010
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Reinterpreting Termite Mounds III |
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Landscapes -
Termite Mounds Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT WITH EMBEDDED COCOONS AND SILK-WRAPPED DRAGON PEARL TEA LEAVES REPRESENTING THE TERMITE MOUNGS
23"X31" FRAMED
2010
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Landscapes -
Sunrise Gallery
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HANDMADE WOOL AND SILK FELT OF A SUNRISE
13"X13" FRAMED
2008
Detail of the sun comprised mainly of silk
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