Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Rug hooking
Hand dyed wool strips on linen
Mounted on a 7″ cork
Trivet
This piece is dedicated to my Mom, her second name was Viola. Every time I see violets I remember her. It is so much fun to work on circles, it gives more personality to the piece. Enjoyed a lot making it!
Designed , felted and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Mix media: rug hooking and needle felting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric, and wool strips, wool yarn on linen
Framed
14″ x 14″
This is a mix media piece. I started making 4″x4″ squares, some felted and some hooked, putting them on thick 4″x4″canvas, suddenly inspiration came and I put the together, I like the effect. It is like when you see in a kaleidoscope, colors in different shapes. My son Miguel made the frame, so now it is a piece to enter maybe in an exhibition, who knows. I enjoyed a lot working with the different textures.
Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Needle felting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric
Framed
4″ x 6″
The sea, the shore, always in my work, I really miss the sea! This came out like an unruly ocean, the water is of different tones, the wind blows…. I never know where they are going. Loved to make it!
Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Needle felting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric
Framed
3″ x 3″
One afternoon the sunset was so beautiful in the woods in our home, that I went directly to my studio and reproduced it. I think it is very accurate, but we cannot do better that nature! I found a cool metal frame, so that was it!
Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Tapestry, weaving
Hand dyed wool roving , wool yarn on a cotton warp
Mounted on a round 5″ hoop
This piece says that spring is finally here! It was fun to keep adding different materials to complete a bunch of flowers.
Just playing around with round objects. Fun!
Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Needle felting and watercolor painting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric and painted background with watercolors
framed
5″ x 7″
This little piece is a remembrance of a summer house , sommar stuga, by the lake somewhere in Sweden, where people spend the whole summer just enjoying the weather and maybe sailing or swimming. It was so much fun to paint with watercolors the background, it makes it special!
Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Tapestry
Wool yarn on cotton warp
8″ x 16″
Mounted on a stick
When I started weaving it I had no fixed idea of any design, only I had a bunch of yarn in different beautiful colors. So I started without any idea, and when it was finished, I realised that it looked like a small town, in the middle of nowhere, with small houses and streets in the middle. It is like a miracle in a way! That is why it is called Pueblo! It was so much fun to move my hands weaving, it is like a meditation.
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