Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Tapestry
Wool yarn, silk yarn on a cotton warp
Mounted on a hoop
6″ diameter
It was a long time since I made wove in a hoop. It is fun, and sometimes unpredictable, depending on the materials you use. The colors were there in my bag after a commission I made recently. So there it is!
Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2021
Rug hooking
Hand dyed wool yarn, acrylic yarn on linen
Framed
10″ x 10″
Love to hook in circles, it is an interesting form. I imagined here a city, a big one, with all the lights on. No cars, no people on the streets. The pandemia is on!
Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Needle felting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric
Framed
5″ x 7″
Another beach, another dream! I would so much like to be here with my family, as it is not possible
I imagine it! Love to felt beaches!
Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Tapestry and needle felting
Hand dyed wool fabric, wool yarns, vegetal fiber and hand dyed wool roving
12″ x 18″
Mounted on a wood stick
This tapestry was woven specially for my granddaughter Zoe, who wanted a scene from Sweden. It was so nice to imagine a summer house the, they call it “pa landet”, it means in the house for vacation. By the lake of course, so you can fish and walk. As you can see it has the Swedish flag outside the house that is red, of course, and the birch trees are on the side.! I really enjoyed a lot making it!
Designed, hooked and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Rug hooking, needle felting and fimo making
Hand dyed wool fabric, wool yarn, hand dyed wool roving, and polymer clay
11″ x 13″
Mounted on a canvas
This was my Christmas card this year. It represents my immediate family: children and grandchildren. I started hooking the tree with different kinds of materials. Then I felted the ground and the star. With polymer clay I made the ornaments, different colors for each family. So the red, represents Anne-Marie’s family, the blue Maria Teresa’s, the purple Mattias’s and the yellow Miguel’s, I am the orange of course! The animation of the card was made by Miguel and Enrique. I had so much fun thinking it over and making it! Merry Christmas – Feliz Navidad – God Jul
Designed based on a painting of Hilma af Klint and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Rug hooking , needle felting and proddy
Hand dyed wool fabric, hand dyed wool roving, wool yarn and sari silk
18″ x 27″
Framed on stretcher with canvas
This piece was inspired by a painting of Hilma af Klint, born in Sweden (1862-1944). I liked the idea as she was Swedish, as me, so we have in common something. I loved to make this piece, it has a meaning…..dreams! We all have them!
Designed and taken from a photo by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Needle felting
Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric
8″ x 10″
Framed
The sunsets at this time of the year are incredibles! So a friend send me a picture of this one, and I had to make it. The colors are the real ones!! Love to do felting!
Designed , felted, hooked and photographed by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Rug hooking, needle felting and a photography
Hand dyed wool strips, hand dyed wool roving and phone camara
It has been a different year, 2020, but the Christmas spirit is here. On December 13th, the darkest night of the year, in Sweden, a light comes in the shape of a girl dressed in white with candles on her head, announcing that Christmas is here!!! How wonderful!
Designed, hooked and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Rug hooking and needle felting
Hand dyed wool yarn, wool fabric and hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric and linen
Wooden hoops
3″ diameter
Christmas is here! Several ornaments made of different things. It was fun to make them, almost thinking of the people!
Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2020
Rug hooking
Wool yarn and silk yarn on linen
Cork coaster
7″ diameter
It is almost Christmas so I started to think of hearts. This is a coaster for the Christmas table of somebody. It was fun to make, it is almost symmetric! It was hooked with only yarn, new mode for me!
