From Start to Finish...

Last night after working for a few hours on lots of different pieces, I decided to do what I very very rarely do these days: I cut out a bear and finished him all in one sitting. How sad that that's such a rare way for me to work these days... but it's not the most efficient way to get a lot done and while efficiency usually rules in the studio last night I was all about the simple pleasure of creating something. I wanted that gratification of looking at a piece of fabric and seeing something and making it- then. In this case I had a piece of mohair with a huge weaving flaw which seemed fit for an old worn black bear with colored pads... Usually after the inception of a pieces my process is broken down into stages, drawing the progress out into a few weeks instead of a few hours. Here's how that process worked out last night... he's almost done.

Now all that's left is to make him a little something to wear. A wool felt shirt perhaps?