I bought some amazing tussah silk roving from the wonderful Jacinta's Etsy shop - it was so beautiful that I had to make something with it right away! The colourway was called 'Ironbark', and reminded me of forests. I have been listening to the audiobook of the wonderful 'The Silmarillion' whilst crafting recently, and so Taur-im-Duinath came to life.
Taur-im-Duinath was a great, dark forest in the south of Beleriand in 'The Silmarillion'.
First of all I made the felt with my embellisher. As well as the tussah silk, I used scrim, Cotswold locks (from another fantastic Etsy seller) , and wool roving.
To finish it off I whip-stitched around the edges with cotton thread.
The finished felt.
I mounted the felt onto a vintage brass tag to give it a good weight for hanging as a pendant, and then added some lovely delicate brass chain for the necklace.
The finished piece.
I really enjoyed making this necklace. It feels like my ideas have evolved a bit since I last tried making a necklace in this way - particularly the idea to whip around the edges which tidies them up and frames the piece well.
1 comment:
oooohhh, very nice :-)
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