Challenge - 3D

Can't believe it is May already. Where does the time go???

The Embroiderers Guild has a Challenge for the upcoming exhibition (October). I am going to try for the Challenge this year - it is to be no more than 15cm in any dimension (you can 2D or 3D) and I am thinking to try some techniques from the past and see if I can come up with a 3D piece. It has to have some sort of silk in it - not too difficult really. It could be silk thread, silk paper, silk fabric, sari silk leftovers, etc. I have all of those already, so not too stressful yet. 

The overall theme is Threading a Way but that doesn't have to translate into the Challenge. However, so far I am being influenced by the theme. My current idea is to do some tree trunks and see if I can make them into a little group that has a path meandering through. 

I may try to use some of the silk organza that I collected last year from the Bojagi workshop (which I did not do - I was at another workshop).

I have access to some tiny people figurines - due to a family member being into miniature scenes - and am thinking to have one person, or a few, finding their way through the trees. 

I have played with some sari silk that had a very frayed edge - perfect for the path. I have made the trees using sari silk that I have oversewn, using soluble fabric to provide the 'glue' that will allow me to shape it (over a straw). The base is some fabric collage on a small piece of felt. So far, so good. 

So here it is. I will decide closer to the date if I will put it in the exhibition.