A Splash of Colour Janet Hull

My Splash of colour is a Beach Hut scene they have always caught my imagination and I wanted to make something that would go onto my grand childrens bedroom wall. The picture is done on fine linen backing I hand dyed the wool for the deep colouring. It measures 14"x9". I bound the edges with carpet wool and lined the back with light weight wool material

A Splash of Colour Jenny Johns

Hot Gossip Great burst of colour.Currently working on 2 word themes,so seemed ideal for hot gossip. 2 pieces both 10.5" x 14.5"...mixed materials,hooked and prodded on hessian.Unfinished at present.

A Splash of Colour Jan Haines

THE TOADSTOOL RUG

Absolutely loved Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and wondered why I had'nt come across him before. The colours and repetition were what inspired this rug.  I have always wanted to use toadstools in a rug design and this gave me the opening I needed.  Thanks Fred!  The design came easily for once and the decision to use lots of different shaped toadstools made sense to me as I wanted repetition without too much uniformity.The rug is entirely punch needled using handspun Jacob wool on the borders, handspun and hand dyed wools in the toadstools and Axminster rug yarn for the green background.  The whole rug is made on Monks Cloth with a woven wool backing fabric.  The size is 21 1/2” by 15 1/2”.

A splash of colour Jenny Bealing

 

I must admit my heart sank when I saw the subject for this challenge, my opinion of Hundertwasser’s work was very low infact I disliked it quite intensely, however I started to look at the Google images and found a link to his architecture. A real eye opener and I was amazed by how much I liked some of his ideas. At first I tried collage to see if this would aid my design process but eventually worked out a picture with oil pastels which was then transferred to a piece of embroidery linen.

I have not just used colour in this piece but a variety of different textures as well following ( I hope ) Hundertwasser’s beliefs and practices. So as well as hooking in the traditional manner with a variety of fabrics I also cut the tops of the loops in some areas specifically to represent trees and grass on roof tops and also used a form of chain stitch done with the rug hook.

At the moment the work is finished as far as the hooking is concerned but I have not yet decided how the piece will be finished, mainly because I think that I will probably try and use it in something.

A Splash of Colour Karen Walker

When I looked at the various pictures by Friedensreich Hundertwasser I can honestly say they did not float my boat! However, what I did like was his choice of colours and the way he distorted shapes. If you look closely some of his pictures contain houses within squares and this became my inspiration for my rug.

The initial colour choice for my rugs came from the artist and I was lucky enough to have the colours I needed in my stock so I had no need to further dye.

The rug is hooked on hessian and the design was drawn on roughly by hand.   I decided on those measurements to allow for the design I wanted and so that I can eventually hang it over a door, also it was a project small enough I could finish quickly.

The material used is a combination of woollen flannel, plaid, blanket and rug wool. I used only hooking as a technique as the size of the rug is small. In my first attempt at the sky I used flannel, unfortunately, as I could not get the effect I wanted in such a small space, I changed to rug wool. In finishing off I am ashamed to say I yet again whipped the edge! I did consider other finishing techniques but, as the hanging space is limited and I like the whipping finish it won the debate.

I enjoyed the whole project and I do like the finished result .... just need a door now!

A Splash of Colour June Gregory

My interpretation of A Splash of Colour, I have always liked to splash in puddles so this idea came to mind,not straight away though, because I was thinking of something really arty, but I am not a very arty person as drawing doesn't come easy to me but I hope that you like it. It is 10ins x10ins on Monks cloth punch hooked in 100 percent wool yarn.

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