It's been a LONG time !

I have today put the last stitch into my cloak for the PWN Exhibition in June. It has to be delivered to the annual Seminar in March.  I began winding the warps in January 2015 so it has been a year in the making, not counting the "thinking time" and planning before that.  I will not do this again - working on something piecemeal, over a long time. If I ever make another exhibition piece I will decide what I am going to make and make it - finish! Now I need to return my living room to something like normal and less like a workshop. I also look forward to getting back to my loom, though there are a few things to catch up on before that happens. I don't know when I last had such a long break from the loom.

I will not publish any photos of the cloak until the exhibition opens. Instead I will put here a couple of photos, not of weaving but the result of a burst of creativity I just felt I had to do. . . and it was such fun!

This bird bath was triggered off by finding the gorgeous blue plate in an op shop for $10. A few jars and a piece of PVC pipe to secure in into the garden were all that was needed. I love it - but I've never seen a bird on it yet. Maybe it will be a bird feeder in the winter.

Model No. 2 is made from several microwave plates and jars from the re-cycle centre with a glass platter and a torso of bath salts. This one sits on a large paving tile - also from "wastebusters."  Each item is extremely heavy, including the "handle" which reads "Don't worry, be happy." So far it has not blown over in a nor'wester.
I have to tell myself "that is enough!"  I don't really want the whole garden full of weird sculptures - but it's very tempting.