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Fair Isle June 2005 |
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laughter
till the end!
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| Jeanette (left)
with some of Fair Isle's people wearing & showing
their new felted scarves, bracelets & other treasures. |
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in small bold from: Shetland Times
24 June 2005
TEXTILE
artist in resident Jeanette Sendler has been using her felting
skills to introduce folk of all ages to the joys of creating
fabric out of native fleece.
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Fair Isle, textile artist Clare Scott and Linda Grieve got
in touch with Shetland Arts Trust to see if a workshop could
be included. The trust readily agreed and funded a weekend
of workshops with Jeanette.
She
enthusiastically conducted two intensively creative days of
felting. |
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participants, who ranged from those with some experience of the
process to complete beginners, were rapidly introduced to the basics
of felting, which entails encouraging fleece to mat together by
the application of heat and agitation. |
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| Jeanette
collects Fair Isle wool for her own work |
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Jeanette
then led the group through a series of more difficult techniques
whereby jewellery, hats, vessels and fine "cobweb"
scarves could be produced.
Jeanette
also found time to give an evening lecture to a small but
appreciative audience, describing her recent expedition to
Kazakhstan and Kirghizstan, two countries where felt remains
very much part of the cultural identity.
Traditionally
felt was used there to make intricately fashioned rugs and
the circular houses, yurts, in which these nomadic people
lived. Travelling on horseback through these remote countries,
Jeanette met up with a number of families are keeping these
traditions alive. |
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was also an opportunity to see examples of Jeanette's own work
and see slides of the hat collection which Jeanette has produced
during her time in Shetland. Titled "Queens
of the Afterlife" these felted crowns produced in sombre
monochromatic colours and decorated with found skulls and bones
reflect the Shetland moorlands Jeanette has explored during
her residency. |
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At
the end of the workshops those who had participated were all thrilled
with what they had produced.
Such
was the enthusiasm that most people managed to get back to do another
felting session on the final day of Jeanette's visit.
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| Claire Scott &
Linda Grieve, both textile artists & organisers of the weekend
get together with their scalfs / vessels. |
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in small bold from: Shetland Times
24 June 2005
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felt bracelets
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The folk
of Fair Isle, famous for their knit wear, brought humour & invention
to the workshop & produced highly wearable felt items. |
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| right:
Textile Artist Margo Murray is trying a cobweb scarf, very
different to her knitted scarves |
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| below: Making
a bracelet |
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At the
Puffin Hotel.
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cobweb scarfs
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A new Fair-Isle
range perhaps?!! |
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| With
the workshop starting on Saturday, Jeanette was booked to fly
in on Friday - but the mist lead to a flight cancellation &
a return home to Ollaberry. Arriving the following day, around
an hour before the work started, this was a full-on weekend.
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| Jeanette here relaxes
following 3 days of feltmaking. |
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The scenery
has to been seen to be believed on this jewel of an island. In June
the wild flowers are glorious but the spectacular cliffs & numerous
caves are there the whole year long....
A film documenting Jeanette's
Shetland residency & featuring the Fair Isle workshop was first shown in October 2005. |
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60a High Street
Newburgh, Fife
Scotland KY14 6AQ |
email: Jeanette
landline: 01337 841004
mobile: 07813 023607 |
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