A Splash of Colour Miranda Auckland

When I looked at Friedensreich Hunderwasser's work I did not like it as I found it naive, unbalanced and odd! but I did like the bright colour.

My design came from a photograph of a child's dress that I took in India. I decided to do a similar pattern but to use much brighter colours.
Originally I intended to use yellow-coloured hessian and leave some of it showing and I also intended to both hook and prod but as I started working I decided just to hook and to use wool.I also ended up covering all the hessian!
I drew the design in my book first, then drew it freehand onto the hessian and worked on it quite erratically doing a bit here and a bit there to see how the colours worked together.
I added some Indian braid that I already had and I made the circles out of felt and embroidered them. I intended to sew mirrors in the middle but I was unable to get any large enough so I got some sequined/beaded flowers for the middle.
The finished piece measures 9" by 13".
I have loved doing this piece of work and did it straight away. It took about a week in all