Heat and Fibre Art - Sculpture

I have kept playing with my cocoons looking at ways to display them. They also look to me like seed pods. This is an idea I have explored a little in 2D with silk paper. I was interested to try to mount the cocoon/seedheads upright on a base.




With this piece I created a base using the usual process of adding layers of fibre and heating them. I started with a cork and a wooden skewer...and then kept adding as the piece inspired me. It was such a wonderfully organic process of creation.



On the left you can see the work as a whole and on the right some detail shots of the top and base.