Colour Wheel Proddy Sample Miranda Auckland

I decided to do a spiral on the hessian and blend the colours into each other. I used fleece fabric and cut the tabs about 3/4” by 2”.

I drew the pattern onto the right side of the hessian and used a spring hook. I did a row around the edge first and then did various rows of the different colours to see how they looked. I got to the stage when I could not see the lines so I had to start on the reverse side. It was not easy working on the wrong side as I could not see how the colours were blending.
It was so thick when I finished that the edges curled up so I have sown some hessian tape around the edge at the back.
I am pleased with the result.

 

Rapsody in Red Debbie Marias

I wanted to experiment with needle felting and rag rugging in this piece after seeing a piece in Rug hooking magazine.  I used a combination of cotton printed fabric, old tights and t-shirts basing the design on crazy patchwork.  I thought I would try a different shape this time so chose the heart design.

A Splash of colour Mary Jane Peabody

I started with the idea of doing a hit or miss landscape, and went from there...I did like Hundertwasser's work, and if it influenced me directly, it was in the design of the river, and the style of the trees

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.