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We have our Annual Show and Sale at the Handweavers of Bucks County on 22-24 of November, 2024

The second picture is part of my pieces that I am bringing to the Sell. Hope to see you there!

Hand painting by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Gouaches , gold paint and sparkling pigments on gouache

Golden frame

9″ x 11″

I never painted a Nativity in gouaches, just a needle felted one. It was interesting because the gouache is a very mate paint, but mixing it with the color pigments it shines! I used gold paint as well. It was a good experience.

Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool fabric strips, wool yarn and hand dyed wool roving on linen fabric

Mounted on a canvas

6″

It was the idea to hook a fish, but then it decided to be on the side with waves around, because he was fished! I put a hook in his mouth with some beads,just for the fun of it!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Mounted on 4″ round bamboo hoop

It is almost Christmas, and I always make some small Tomtar (Santas in Swedish) for the occasion. It is fun to play with the beards, and specially with the eyes! Hope that you like them. I made them for the Show and Sell of the Hand weavers of Bucks County this year.

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

9″ x 9″

This mountain is my favorite view in Caracas. It really gives me a feeling of longing and belonging. It is the symbol of our city. It is there all royal and proud! I grew up with this view. It was wonderful to recreate it .

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

9″ x 9″

A friend of mine gave me some pictures of a sunset she had seen, and I could not let it pass and made this felted piece, which I really like. It is all about choosing (and having) the right colors in your stash. It was fun to play with the wool.

Designed and punched by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Punch needle

Hand dyed cotton threads on a linen fabric

Framed

9″ x 9″

Working with a punch needle is fun, especially because you have to work on the “wrong” side, so really you don’t know how it will be until you turn it up. I think it came out quite good, a little different!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Tapestry

Hand dyed wool , in different shades and polyester yarn as a weft on a blue yarn as warp

Mounted on a bamboo stick with linen yarn as a hanging

13″ x 23″

It was fun to weave this tapestry, because I had a specific a pallette of colors. I just worked without really thinking how it was going to be (as usual) . The result is good, I like it! Using different materials is fun.

I chose the name that sounded nice in the Zulu language, from South Africa, that means “I am here to be seen”. I think it is appropriate!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

9″ x 9″

The sea again! I love felting the sea. It is nice to see it from inside a house through a window, so the cat was peeping at my seashore!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2024

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving and wool yarn on wool fabric

Framed

9″ x 9″

It was so much fun to invent the flowers! As usual I just go with the flow to see what is going to happen, and there it is! I think that the name is good!