Felted Votives with Woolly Branch

Design and hand-crafted by Kim Buchheit; © Kim Buchheit

Oh, I am just so happy to have finished this piece! I was experimenting with assemblage of the ropey branch... first sewing, then binding the pieces together with embroidery thread. Then, after deconstructing it all, I settled on needle-felting the pieces together after binding the joints with a bit of cormo wool. In the end, I just wanted to use only wool in the piece. But I do love mixing wool with other materials, too. Maybe next time :)

Felted Cosmetics :: Faux-bidden Lipstick

Felted mixed media work and photo © Kim Buchheit

Finished another felted lipstick today. Created a sexy backdrop for this new, upcycled, faux product. ~ Kim

New Bowls Inspired by Old Work

Acrylic Painting (3o" x 40") and Bowl Designs © Kim Buchheit; Photography © Mike Buchheit 

3 new felted bowls 85/15 wool/mohair. A friend of mine noted how much my bowl designs look like a painting series (sample shown above) I had done a few years ago... wow, I didn't even notice that. Interesting how we have these symbols from our visual language appearing over and over again in our work throughout our lifetime. ~ Kim

Red Felted Bowl

Bowl design © Kim Buchheit; Photography © Mike Buchheit

Front and back view of latest felted bowl. I'll be posting more bowls tomorrow. Just need to add some roving applique to them (that's the fun part ;) ) ~ Kim