Funky Fibre, Part 6

Joan McLauchlan, handwoven jacket.

Anne Udy, scarf, hanwoven, hand-felted, and hand-dyed in silk and merino.

June McKenzie, "autumn tones and Textures", handwoven ribbon cushions.

Chris Beech, handwoven fabric for cushion covers.

by Rose Pelvin

Funky Fibre, Part 5

Joan McLauchlan, "After the Storm", handwoven double corduroy floor rug.

Win Currie, Funky Scarf, filled neck decoration, handwoven in silk, alpaca and merino.

Jenny Murray, "Fractured", woven tapestry in wool, silk, and cotton.

Tricia Jane, Scribble knitting scarf.

Meg Nakagawa, "And her Scarf Stopped the Traffic", cotton.

by Rose Pelvin

Funky Fibre, Part 4

Rose Pelvin, "Oh My Stars!", table setting: linen runner, four linen coasters and four cotton napkins.

June McKenzie, "Remembering Tamarillos" vest, handwoven, wool and rayon ribbon, handmade cord and beaded buttons.

Judy Bool, ruana in merino/mohair and alpaca/silk.

Chris Beech, "Dusk", handwoven wool/mohair throw rug.

Jenny Murray, "Falling Shadows", woven tapestry.

by Rose Pelvin

Funky Fibre, Part 3

Peg Moorhouse, "Silver Lining", Linen damask hanging with metallic yarn and Christine Marks, doll, calico body, painted, clothes made of felt.

Cherrie Mitchell, "Arctic Spring Flowers".

Katie McDonald, striped felt slippers.

Felting Group, "The Street Where We Live".

by Rose Pelvin

Funky Fibre, Part 2

Win Currie, "Funky Scarf", silk, alpaca and merino.

Judy Bool, "Red and Camel Scarf", alpaca and silk.

Chris Beech, "Class with Glass", table piece, three glass vases linked with woven yarn and wire.

Andrea Forrest, felted jacket and matching scarf.

by Rose Pelvin

Funky Fibre, Part 1

Marlborough Guild, of which Marlborough Weavers and Tapestry Weavers are sub-groups, opened its 40th Birthday Exhibition, "Funky Fibres", on Friday night at the Marlborough Art Society Gallery, 204 High Street, Blenheim. Our catalog says:

"This exhibition has been staged with the Guild activities of the last forty years in mind, using props and equipment from the improvised to the expertly crafted. (Yes, upside-down table legs have been used more than once for warping pegs!)

"The Guild began in 1969 when the majority of members were spinners and knitters, with a few venturing into weaving.

"Today you will see examples of all these crafts in their traditional form plus many innovative applications of them — and myriad yarns of colour and texture that were not dreamed of forty years ago. Look for tapestry weaving, flax weaving, felting, crochet, braiding — some practical, some decorative, and all made with a passion for fibre."

Here are some snapshots from the opening night. The exhibition is open until Sunday 10 May.

Dawn Hansford spins at the entrance.

Do you get the mood of the exhibition? Centre front is Rose Pelvin's "Oh My Stars!" table setting.

Scarves were displayed on a warping board.

This is the red section, including Christine Mark's "White Vase", felt vessel, and Win Currie's "Go the Crusaders" rug in mohair and wool. The Crusaders is a Christchurch-based rugby union team, red and black used in her piece are their team colours.

Among other works, you see Cherrie Mitchell's "Flower Power" place mats and Rose Pelvin's "Bubbles" blanket, and cotton tea towels in pairs.

by Rose Pelvin

Table Runner, by Rose Pelvin

Handwoven table runner in Swedish halvdrall (or demi-damask). Mercerised cotton warp with matching polyacryl weft.

This piece was difficult to photograph, to get the colour as true as possible.

by Rose Pelvin

Fabric Length for Summer Wear, by June McKenzie

I used 20/2 cotton, fine boucle and thick viscose for this summer weight plain weave fabric. It is 18 inches wide and 2¾ yards long and the sett is 20 epi.

by June McKenzie

Necklace, by Rose Pelvin

Necklace made with a three colour, eight strand braided cord in mixed cottons and copper metallic yarn.

Over many days, I had great difficulties photographing and showing the color of the table runner here. When I used it as a background for this piece, the colors came out very true in almost every shot, which I found ever so slightly annoying!

by Rose Pelvin

Blue Vest, by June McKenzie

I wove the fabric and sewed this semi-worsted lined vest. I used supplementary warps featuring hand spun and random dyed silk on plain weave. A wool and silk braid finishes the edges.

by June McKenzie