Body Textiles
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STRONGFELT body textiles began in my earliest days of felting as my sketchbook in real time as I experimented with not only surface design, but the thickness of fiber layout, the quality of drape and size textile that resulted. More recent body chains employ fence-like patterning cut from handmade partial felt sheets wet felted to a specific percentage of shrinkage. Layered with silk fabrics, this grid work creates small pockets to hold single pieces of found beach glass giving the textile weight and movement similar to a chain or spinal column. A solid formed disc is incorporated as a clasping assist while also becoming a focal point for surface design. These pieces raise the question of when is a scarf a necklace or a necklace a scarf? Surface design may incorporate: fusion with fabric, thread and other non-felting fibers, partial felt patterning, 3-D felt surfaces, free-motion embroidery and natural dyes.
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Untitled, BT225
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Untitled, BT224
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Body Chain, BT219
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Gridded & Chained
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Body Chain, BT220
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Body Chain, BT221
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Body Chain, BT205
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Body Chain, BT222
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Body Chain, BT223
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Pipe Rock
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Body Chain, BT207
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Body Chain, BT208
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Body Chain, BT206*
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Dulled Edge
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Untitled, BT197
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Fences & Mounds
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Snag
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Untitled, BT198
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Untitled, BT199
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Gripping Chains
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Protected Land
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Untitled, BT193
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Embedded
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Encircled
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Untitled, BT152 and BR4
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Untitled, BT140 and BR2
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Untitled, BT155 and BR7
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Irregular Edge
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Petalous
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Untitled, BT141
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Untitled, BT174
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