International FreeForm Fiberarts Guild: 2009

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2009 Zelda Pheonix

Zelda Pheonix

West Salem, OH US

Winter: berry brambles and snow

Spring: lilac lariat

Summer: dragonflies-and-cattails

Autumn: bittersweet

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2009 Zann Carter

Zann Carter

Terre Haute, IN US

http://www.lizardsintheleaves.blogspot.com

http://zanncarter.com/

Spring -- Joy After Sorrow Cap

I began this when my mother was dying in 2008. I would work on it in the evenings after I came home, sad and drained, from the nursing home. I felt almost guilty for freeforming such a joyful exhuberance, but I know it was good for me. And I know my mother would have approved. I put it aside unfinished when she died. It called out to be finished as the Spring aspect of the FF Challenge.

Fall -- Autumn Makes Jewels for the Wind to Wear on Her Hat

Autumn is my favorite season. As I worked on this, I was delighted to see how pinks and purples and greens in the variegated yarns glowed like jewels in the traditional palette of oranges, yellows and browns.

I also added a bit of fun with a moveable embellishment - 3 autumn leaves on a tagua nut button that can be placed in holes on the top of the hat, the side or the brim.

Summer -- Meditation on Summer Sun

I wanted to make another hat, and even though I had time, this piece refused to become one. As long as I was trying to make it be a hat, it was difficult getting into the spirit of these colors and fibers. As soon as I decided it would be a flat piece, I began to have a great deal of fun. My central guiding image was the radiance of summer sun, its heat cooled by a delicious breeze.

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2009 Tia Hegstad

Tia Hegstad

From Edinburgh, Scotland, living in Moss Norway

Spring blossom, Summer sun,

Autumn leaves and Winter snow,

Round and round, never ending,

Seasons come,

And seasons go.

Every one in it's own sweet pleasure,

Chilling frost and warming sun,

Falling leaves and blooming blossom,

Nature's bounty, every one.

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2009 Tatjana Obradovic Tosic

Tatjana Obradovic Tosic

Nish, Republic of Serbia

Summer Swirls

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2009 Suzanne Barr

Suzanne Barr

Hadleigh, Essex, UK

I made this as a seasonal wheel because I was inspired by the song, "To Everything There is a Season" or "Turn, Turn, Turn". This was a song adapted by Pete Seeger in the 1950's and made popular by The Byrds.

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2009 Susan Wolf Swartz

Susan Wolf Swartz

Chicago, Ill. US

http://wolfweave.com/blog/

I wanted to portray the four seasons as constantly evolving from one season to the next in an ever-changing circle: The dead stillness of winter, when the earth lies sleeping under its blanket of snow and grey skies, gives birth gradually to the flowers and greenery of springtime. Spring, in turn, grows ever more lush in the fullness, life, and colors of summer. Then autumn arrives and the leaves change color and fall to the ground, the grasses dry, the flowers disappear; until finally nature's bounty dies off again and is buried beneath the winter, awaiting the rebirth of springtime.

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2009 Steph Phillips

Steph Phillips

Bedfordshire, UK

http://hookandscumble.blogspot.com

Spring

" Emerging" - A felted crochet bag with freeform embellishments - inspiration for this Spring piece is our local pond life and the piece is representatitve of the pond life seen emerging during this season.

Summer

"Rockpooling" : A felted crocheted bag with freeform embellishment - inspiration for Summer piece is our family seaside holidays in the UK - "Rockpooling" - something my children love to do and this bag represents all that a rockpool holds in the summer at the sea.