Making fiber art in 3 dimensions

Does your fiber art need to stand up to be noticed? At the June meeting of the Riverbend Fiber Arts Guild, the program was on making Bases and Armatures for Fiber Art and included many ideas for adding structure and backbone to fiber pieces.

Pat Keran discusses options for creating bases to support 3D fiber art.

The materials that can be used for creating an underlying framework or armature for three dimensional fiber art—wood, wire, masking tape—can easily be found at the local hardware store. Other items such as paper clay, foam, tacky glue and paper maché boxes can be obtained at craft and fabric stores.

The tips and ideas from this program are applicable to this year's Guild Challenge, "Animal, Vegetable or Mineral." 

Paper clay can be molded around a paper maché base
or sculpted to create any shape.

Guild members showed off their latest creations at the meeting during Show and Tell.

Left: a woven jacket made from yarn stash left-overs.
The collar and trim was woven on an inkle loom.
Right: hand made jewelry.

An ethereal SAORI woven wrap.

Hannah explains how to knit with a knitting loom.

Hand knit baby sweater in bright primary and secondary colors.

Left: A thrift store find--woven kimono fabric.
Right: A crocheted hedge hog made with eyelash yarn.