Sculpture # 240

#240 started with very long wool scarf, it was rolled tight and crocheted over top.

Sculpture # 239

Crocheted netting twine, cotton, recycled ornament

# 238

crocheted cotton, wool

# 238 in the series

# 237

Crocheted plastic ribbon and netting twine, plastic mesh

# 236

crocheted fabric and netting twine

Sculpture # 235

Felted wool and crocheted cotton

Sculpture # 234

# 234 

crocheted wools, cotton

Sculpture # 233

#233

In the collecting of materials fragments of other works wait their turn to find a new placement in the re-visioning of objects. 

This one has wood-putty-dipped crochet as the starting point. It evolved randomly from there. . .while on bus trips and ferry rides.

Sculpture # 232

#232 

Wood, crocheted plastic, wool, cotton

Sculpture # 231

a revisioning of the "dishcloth"

# 230

Paper, rubber, cotton, wood

# 229

Recycled kitchen implement, twines, wool, cotton

# 228

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# 227

# 227

The series continues . . .  a gourd found in my bin of "sculpture materials" provides the base shape for this work.

#226

crochet over found object

# 225

# 225

Crochet with recycled wool scarf and ornament.

And the story continues . . .

These works . ."The cousins" . . come in to replace the works that have been sold since the start of the project.

Distort Sculpture # 222

The final in the series is now completed!

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Sculpture # 221

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Net float, crocheted wools, cotton

Distort Sculpture # 220

#220

Crocheting that uses a continuous adding (random) selection of the remnants of threads and wools from my supply bin.

Sculpture # 219

# 219

crocheted ribbon, wool over cardboard

Sculpture # 218

# 218

Another work that in generated from the saving of parts . . revisoning . . recycling . . perhaps to some degree hoarding of materials that have potential for further use. 

Plastic shoe rack fragment, shower hook, crocheted wools and plastic

Sculpture # 217

Driftwood, crocheted doily, wools, medium

# 217

Sculpture # 216

Crocheted wool, needle feting, interior form made by using expandable foam that expanded and extruded through the holes of the crochet.

Distort Sculpture # 215

Needle felted wool, crocheted rope

Distort Scupture # 214

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Distort Sculpture 213

Crocheted tarred marlin, jute, cardboard cylinder

Distort Sculpture # 212

Recycled items; rubber ball, plastic napkin ring, crocheted netting twine

Distort Sculpture 211

Crocheted sculpture over armature dipped in waterputty

Sculpture # 210

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Crocheted cotton and wool

Distort sculpture 209

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Crocheted Jute over recycled spindle

Sculpture # 208

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Distort Sculpture # 207

Vintage doilies, wood from an arm chair and crocheted cotton

Distort Sculpture # 206

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Distort Sculpture # 205

Crocheted ribbon, twine

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Sculpture # 204

Crocheted netting twine and sisal

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Sculpture # 203

Driftwood, graphite, iron oxide, metal pins, crocheted cotton and wool

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Sculpture # 202

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Sculpture # 201

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Distort Sculpture 200

Rescued from a walk to the beach  - this roadside find of a "wet mop" inspired this addition to the series. 

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Distort Sculpture 199

The recycled paper tubing liner used in this work once held tarred netting line. The lines of its history remain on the paper surface and I've held on to it for years. . . that ever growing bin of "possibilities" . . It has now has it's new home in this latest sculpture to join the Distorts Installation. 

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Distort Sculpture 198

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Wooden shoe form, crocheted plastic netting

Distort Sculpture # 197

Carved floral foam, blended human hair with marino wool, crocheted wools

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Distort Sculpture 196

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Distort Sculpture # 195

Objects at the studio are taking on new life these days . . . this is a net buoy .. rescued at an antiques flea market.

Distort sculpture # 194

This work has gone through an extensive process to get to this place. First in service as a studio mop . . than giant paint brush, clipped and shaped, hanging around the studio for the past several years like a sentinel  . . . then bound in this final crocheted form. 

Distort Sculpture 193

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Distort Sculpture 192

This piece started out by crocheting around a simple napkin ring and developed from there. 

# 192/222 in the series