Felt barnacles!

The sample piece is part of the development for a (hopefully) large-scale textile installation based on a sea-washed post. First the felt was made, then laid onto cold water dissolvable fabric and embroidered. Some small hand-dyed fabric samples were incorporated too. 

Felted stones

Experiments with stones...

Allonby sea glass

The coast between Mawbray and Allonby has been stripped of much of it's sand by storms Desmond and Frank last month. New areas of glacial clay, conglomerate and peat have been exposed and there are large expanses of pebbles. The beach combing was good - yielding a bottle stopper, marble and copious amounts of sea-washed glass.

..and the chips were good too! 

2014 Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Camera trap - testing at home.

I've been testing my new remote camera trap that I got for Christmas- the Bushnell trophy cam HD- from 'the Naturespy shop'.

I look forward to putting it outside in the future when the weather improves!

Tom

A compilation of Rocky and the three cats Bert, Pilchard and Mork

High Pike and the Dry Gill shales

A walk up High Pike and then down via the Dry Gill shales. A couple of small trilobite fragments and some nice crystals of mimetite in different forms.

Rocky enjoying his run out - before the next storm batters poor Cumbria! 

Needle felted cats

Enjoyed making these rather 'cuddly' cats!

Mungrisdale Craft fair - all ready to go!