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Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool strips on linen

Mounted on a birch wood canvas

3″ x 6″

Playing around with colors is so much fun! A little piece of the starting fall colors!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Tapestry

Hand dyed wool yarn , hand dyed wool roving on cotton warp

Mounted on a driftwood

10″ x 12″

Another beach! Maybe I am obsessed with the shore. What I love is the salty air, the movement and the beautiful colors of the sea! I really enjoyed weaving this piece, I had different materials in it. One more!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Tapestry

Hand dyed wool fabrics and wool yarns on cotton warp

Mounted on a piece of driftwood

5″ x 6″

Went to the Outer Banks for a week to the beach, wonderful time, beautiful sea, breeze, a lot of sun and many colors in the water, this is as I saw it! I enjoyed a lot making it in my small Hockett loom.

Designed by Anne-Marie Herrera and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool fabric, wool yarn on linen

Rustic framed

Mounted on chicken wire

22″ x 25″

It was so much fun to hook this chicken with the colored eggs. The border is just perfect with all the colors. Miguel ,my son ,helped me with the wire and made the frame, which I think is perfect! It is so good to have talented kids!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

4″ x 6″

On July 18, 2019 I became an American Citizen, yeah! This piece reflects my life through the countries I have been longer. I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, you can see the flag and the red houses. We emigrated when I was a little over a year, to Venezuela, beautiful tropical country, where I grew up , got married and had my kids, here you see the flag and the beach. Life changed and I had to come to the USA, I have lived here over 11 years, the flag and the Statute of Liberty with the city silouette ,and finally I got my Citizenship, very happy for that! Thank you America!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

8.5″ x 10″

This a memory that I have of my parents, Mormor and Morfar, when we went to the beach, every weekend, to the coast in Venezuela. They were so happy there! I decided to make a tribute to them, I think it came out well, I am very happy with it!

Designed , felted and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting and rug hooking

Hand dyed wool roving and wool fabric on a piece of a wool wet felted piece

Framed

14″ x 14″

I had a lot of fun making this piece, mostly because it reminded me a lot of my Father, he loved to take us to the Circus when we were kids! Lots of colors!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Tapestry

Wool on cotton warp

Mounted on a wooden and metal shuttle

9″ x 11″

Hand woven on a tapestry loom, really fun to make. Making up the summer colors!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed in wood and mounted on metal medalions

This work has been fun to make. Working in very small format is a meticulous work, chosing the right colors and place where to felt. I enjoyed it a lot! Some of them are pendants, others pins, magnets and even a chain cat! Note than a put a clip as reference of the size.

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

3″ x 4″

Framed

Another very small flower, fun to make, gift for my trip to Spain!