I collected bowls from two of my fiber art groups, Beyond the Sunset and Beyond the Borders (both are affiliated with the
Quilt Guild of Greater Houston). These bowls are donations for the 7th Annual
Empty Bowls - Houston, but I thought I would share photos of my favorite ones before delivering them to the
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
This "sunflower" bowl is the colorful creation of my friend Janice. She has crafted the petals with fabric and fiber snippets and lots of stitching, anchoring each petal into the flower's brown center. I like the red threads she's added for additional color.
Elaine, current leader of
Beyond the Borders, created two bowls this year. Both are made with fabric-wrapped cotton clothesline (a technique I plan to do one day, as I have the requisite clothesline ...now to find the time). The green one (above) has green accent stripes incorporated into the bowl's design. It has a slim, elongated oval shape, which I like.
Her second bowl (below) also has accent stripes. Elaine's bowls have decorative elements at the rim (helpful to disguise the ending of the clothesline!). I love both the green button and the trio of yo-yo (similar, yet different).
Another donated fiber creation came as a match set of a bowl with a matching plate. These were made by Pat, our leader of the Beyond the Sunset group.
The bowl was shaped by saturating with a liquid stiffener (watered-down glue), then draping over a plastic, fluted vegetable container to dry. A wired beads were added as additional accents to the rim of the bowl.
A peek into the bowl, from above, reveals additional beading (tinier seed beads) anchored in the base of the bowl. I love the variety of textures these beaded additions bring to Pat's bowl.
The plate is easily a stand-alone piece as well, and coordinates lovely with its matching bowl.
Perhaps the oddest of the bowls that I will deliver is one of my own....
I knit this bowl using a chunky (non-feltable) yarn. I plan to stiffen this floppy piece into more of a classic bowl shape before delivering it to Empty Bowls, but time is always a tight element of my days.... Chances are strong that this soft, drapable bowl will be donated in this limp form. It may be interesting to hear the comments of the bowl-shoppers at Empty Bowls!
The variegated yarn worked up nicely with the purple stripes going across the bottom and up the opposing sides (of course it is also due in part to the pattern of the knit-design). This bowl can also double as a warm hat .... but only one liveds in a cold-climate area (which rarely describes our Houston winter).
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