Batik

Two batik pieces made on Tuesday.

The spiralling vegetation is loosely based on the design on the helmet below. The helmet is part of the collection at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, which I completely recommend visiting. Entry is free!

This piece, (which came out looking like a pair of aliens in the process of dematerialising), was done using a stencil based on a sketch I made at the Wallace Collection. The sketch is included below for comparison.

Armour

This is something of a counterpart to my last post where I was applying a textile technique - knitting - to metal. Today I've taken a construction method normally used on metal and applied it to textiles. The end result is armour made out of felt.