Fiberworks - A Celebration of South African
Fiber and Textile Artists

Title: Into the Blue

Description: Evocative of sunflowers emerging into the blue South African Skies

Title: Ottoman

Description: Pieces of silk have been felted into merino wool, the seat is embroidered. It has the effect of a colour burst moving from the seat downwards.

Title: Upcycled Kitchen chair

Description: A jungle of leaves in different shapes and colours felted and embroidered.

Title: The Ottoman

Description: This is reminiscent of the Middle East mosaic work, where blue features strongly, and the patterns are derived from flowers and other organic forms.

Title: Karoo blooms

Description: Bright, cheerful flowers that bloom in arid inhospitalbe areas. A wall hanging with alpaca, silk and thread felted into natural brown merino.

Title: Discombobulated Map

Description: A map of the world, collapsing behind an irregular grid.

Title: Entwrapt

Description:

Title: Wrapt in Thought.

Description: Three wrapped twigs which resemble three men deep in thought.

Title: Josephs multi coloured waistcoat

Description: Felted and embroidered with stitching around the edge. I wanted to make the coat for Joseph a little more up- market, hence the waistcoat with long tails at the back.  

Title: My World - Aloes

Description:

Tessa Horan