I made the felt using the wet felting method. I added silk tops for texture and movement
More painted papers. I painted these with acrylic paints on brown paper, which is a really good malleable surface for creating texture with paint, with the intention of cutting them up and using them in the sample below
I used a calico base layered with scrim, heat distressed chiffons, felt tops and the paper painted with acrylics. On top of that I added plastic and distressed mulberry bark, stitched through it with silver metallic thread and added a few beads here and there
The piece as a whole represents melting ice. The plastic reflects the light and represents ice cold water
