Ex aequo enjoyable parts

My new work: miniature felt flowers in a wooden pot

If you have questions about how this tiny potted bouquet was made, here are the answers.

Felt is a non-woven textile.

First, you need felt.

Soft bendable fabric, I love felt. At the Etsy shop named BenzieDesign, you can choose the specific colors you want among trillions of colors. That's what I did.

Doink!

Cut a circle, I mean an oval, into a spiral.

Twist & stitch.

Roll it until you have run out of spiral. A few stitches will make the edge stay put. 

Repeat it.

Even if my – miniature – flowers are not made of paper, this tutorial helped me a lot: how to make rolled paper flowers.

Then the green stem.

The flower is stitched to the stem. Once the sepals cut, choose three colors that go well together.

And the pots.

Clue the small bouquet in the (hand-dyed (!) in strong instant coffee) miniature wooden pot. Meet my friendly supplier: MiniatureMakerSupply.

The flowers look like ranunculus.

You may ask yourself, which aspect is the fun part in this crafty beauty creation? Each moment is enjoyable when creating miniature felt flowers. Twisting, stitching, assembling, offering.

In my Etsy shop, the listed ones.


Thank you for you interest in my work.

Dew drop flies

Gros plan!

David Chambon is a French photographer who captures insects covered in hundreds of tiny water droplets.

« Amateur photographer for 10 years, I started with a Panasonic FZ-30 Bridge that made me really love photography. Then I bought my first digital SLR. I started reading on several photo forums and understood the importance of good material and especially good technique! So I learned the basics on the net. Today I am truly passionate about nature and spend my free time face down in the wet grass to capture what mother nature has best to offer. Over time I specialized in wildlife macro photography.» –David Chambon

Sorry for the translation, which is a bit wobbly, and thank you to Google translate.

Lentilles de contact

Morning dew

Mouche

Mouche à m...

Robber fly

Sans titre

The fly

 

Two famous sites (!) have also featured David Chambon's insects covered in water droplets: This is colossal and Enpundit. The selected photos are different from here though. And see David Chambon's flickr gallery page.

Collier de perles

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
he who would search for pearls must dive below.

Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas (1544–1590)

The same mistake

I was very excited this morning by this project: miniature water lily paintings.

Framed with tiny branches, bathing in the sink.

Tiny branches freshly picked yesterday afterning / evenoon
at beautiful Parc La Fontaine with two friends.

First a dark navy blue background is painted on pieces of Balsa wood.

Then the water lilies appear. The same mistake subtlety also appears…

They look nice, right? Pretty happy with that I was.

But wait…

Since I have to cut the wood, we can already see that once again (as I've done with my miniature embroidered flowers…) the work is made too tightly! Not enough space, the flower has no breath, arrwhgg.

Too bad, I decided to frame the miniature paintings even if I made the same mistake, too curious to see how they'll look surrounded by a (tight) branch wooden frame.

Thank you for your interest in my work (in progress).

The erroneous FRAMED miniature water lily paintings will be revealed soon!

On the floors of the city

My new work: miniature flower painting on Balsa wood, framed with small branches picked on the floors of the city where I live. Do you think these flowers have something to share with water lilies?

width:1.25 inch (3,2 cm) - height:1.75 inch (4,4 cm)

Thank you for your interest in my art.

What a beautiful summer day here in Montreal! Blue and white sky, delicious warm winds. I have a thousand things to do. Before the storm.

New work: two (or three) miniature bird drawings

width: 1.25 inch - height: 1 inch

 width: 1.75 inch - height: 1 inch

With 01 drawing pen and colored pencils.

http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Swan

Next time, maybe I'll go there before publishing new work-in-progress Swans…

Thank you for your interest in my work.

Mnew

Two months ago I've been invited via my Etsy shop to propose a picture of one of my plush for the Grumpy Bert's photo event in Brooklyn, USA: Plush Stories : These Plush of Mine.


Hi Myriam - I would like to invite you to an open call for an upcoming show called, "Plush Stories : These Plush of Mine." I am seeking personal stories and photos of your plush toy. -grumpy bert


Among many miniature plushies hand stitched with felt, this little eskimo wolf guy has been the chosen one.

The exhibition opening was held last Saturday.
plush stories : opening reception photos 6/30/12

To present the little eskimo guy, I wrote these words for Grumpy Bert:

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In European fairy tales, Wolf is a dangerous and mean animal. In Native Amerindian culture, Wolf is a teacher.

An acronym is formed from the initial letters of a group of words. The plush I've hand stitched with felt and love is a Miniature Ninja Eskimo Wolf. And he is called Mnew.

Be pleased to meet Mnew, the tiny teacher. He may look very small and naive, but he knows a lot, and knowledge is powerful.

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Plush Stories : These Plush of Mine
June 30 - August 5, 2012        
Grumpy Bert @ DeKalb Market, 138 Willoughby St. Brooklyn, NY  
Tuesday - Sunday (11 - 6pm)
Open later on special event days
grumpybert.com

In the wood

Two months ago, I bought a toaster. The ugly orange box containing the electric kitchen appliance is today useful for cutting balsa wood. Let me introduce you to my new series: hand embroidered miniature flowers, framed in coffee-flavored hand dyed wood.

Everybody likes flowers, right? I met someone who made me approach their design, pattern, shape… in a new unexpected way. Sucked into a charming swirl, my hands started to draw (with a needle and sewing thread) undiscovered flowers on small pieces of felt.

Now a frame? A handmade one-of-a-kind miniature wood frame for the new delicate embroideries! That's a lovely idea. He took me to a wood store (mmm, smells so good!) and we found the supplies I was looking for: glue, balsa.

The balsa wood tree, scientifically named Ochroma lagopus, grows best under conditions found in rain forests, ideally in mountainous terrain between rivers. Balsa is one of the lightest varieties of wood and it's remarkably strong for its weight. It could be carved easily with standard woodworking tools.

On the ugly orange toaster-box-cutting-board, while the wood is still very pale, my roommate's hands are busy slicing the balsa sticks-stacks before their night bath…

…into strong instant coffee.

Flower, wood, x-acto knife, beside a cool op-art dinosaur ruler.

Mini clamps are pretty cheap: 6 for $1,99. While the glue dries, they are very handy to keep the woodwork in place.

After other mucho appreciated advices, the frame is now a little bit larger. To give breath to the flower.

Some of them are listed in my Etsy shop.

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From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts. -Honoré de Balzac

Patiently and repetitively hand embroidering this pretty flower pattern keeps me away from the Ocean of all the dangers.

Thank you for your interest in my work.

Dans le bois

Ninja et la feutrine
Depuis août 2010, je travaille à l'aide d'une aiguille ce matériau, feutrine, à fabriquer des mini créatures douces et réconfortantes à l'air buté, d'allure ninja.

Ce printemps, mues par une galvanisante (j'aime bien ce mot, on dirait) influence, mes mains se sont mises à… broder des fleurs, sur des petits morceaux de feutrine mesurant environ 1,5 x 2 pouces (4 x 5 cm). Les fleurs que je dessine ainsi n'existent sûrement pas dans la nature mais elles ressemblent malgré tout à des vraies fleurs. Pétales, pistils, tige, feuilles, tout. Et j'ai voulu encadrer les nouvelles broderies miniatures.

Feutrine et le bois
Au même moment, la même enthousiasmante influence m'a amenée loin loin sur l'île qui est notre ville visiter un magasin rempli d'essences de bois variées. C'est dur d'imaginer un commerce qui sent aussi bon!

Ce bois, le balsa, on m'a soufflé son nom à l'oreille. Le balsa est une espèce d'arbre très grand qui pousse en Amérique centrale et du Sud. Absolument léger et malléable, il est en fait deux fois plus léger que le liège et se travaille à l'exacto. Son nom vient l'espagnol et veut dire radeau; c'est que les Indiens d'Amazonie utilisaient le balsa pour en construire.

Il pousse haut, l'arbre Balsa.

Bois et le café
Ici, brièvement: quelques suggestions me rentrent par une oreille et ne sortent pas: Tu peux teindre le balsa (qui est quand même very pâle!) dans du café; va au Dolorama t'acheter des mini clamps, ça coûte juste 3 pour 1$; construis d'abord le cadre, ensuite ajuste la feutrine.

 Jolie mais un peu à l'étroit.

Les premières tentatives sont prometteuses, mais la même voix propose d'agrandir un peu le rectangle de feutrine pour aérer la composition. Un autre excellent conseil!

La nuit entière à baigner dans le café a rendu texture aux bâtons de bois qui serviront à monter les châssis.

3 pour 1$, ouais, c'est pas mal ça.

On devine déjà que les nouveaux cadres recevront une mini broderie-fleur moins confinée.

Café et la suite
Plus d'infos – in Ninglish – et de couleurs bientôt!

On ne voit pas le temps passer quand on fait ce qu'on aime. 

Merci de l'intérêt porté à mon travail.



Il n'y a pas de synonyme au mot fleur.