Size: 82 x 20 x 20 cm
Materials: recycled fabric, beads
Date: 2021
£150.00
Out of stock
Size: 82 x 20 x 20 cm
Materials: recycled fabric, beads
Date: 2021
Out of stock
My new niece was the muse for this jellyfish fabric art. I wanted to make her a present to welcome her into this world.
Originally I started off by roughly sculpting with an off-white piece of old towel. Even though towelling works quite well as a sculpting material, I realised that the design of a bunny, with a wire skeleton (and large boobs), was no good for a little baby.
So instead of spending any more time on that, I started messing around with some recycled silk and satin ribbons. I came up with this soft toy jellyfish design, which also turned out to be completely unsuitable for a baby because of all the ribbons (to strangle) and the Bohemian crystal beads (to choke upon). I was quite cross with myself at this attempt, especially when I realised that the jellyfish wasn’t even my sisters cup of tea and she wouldn’t want to hang it amongst her nursery decor. I carried on regardless because I was enjoying the process of sewing and so I added more beads and ribbons and finished it anyway – because I like it!
In the end I thought I would play it safe by sculpting with a new piece of fresh white towelling fabric. However, when I started to think about what to make next, I decided upon the seafood we’d recently eaten off the bbq – an anatomically correct squid!
Luckily, my sister is happy with this gift because her baby can dribble on it.
I’m always really careful in the sea because I failed to get away from a jellyfish once!
Weight | 0.5 kg |
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Dimensions | 20 × 20 × 20 cm |
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