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27 June 2007

Book People

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS I have been  working on a new series of 'Book People', starting with characters from Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland', which were first exhibited at 20066 Knitting and Stitching Shows in Birmingham, London, and Harrogate. See Exhibitions page.

I have used old wine bottles as foundations for these figures, and have built them up with seamless felting techniques and dry needle-felting modelling. Each one features a quotation , associated with the character, from the books of either 'Alice in Wonderland' or 'Through the Looking-Glass'

Inspired by the original illustration, my Queen orders, "Off with her head".

From 'Through the Looking-Glass', Walrus and Carpenter

The Duchess, "Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes"

The Mad Hatter, "I see what I eat" is the same as "I eat what I see."

White Queen, "Can you do dividsion? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?" Red Queen, "Where are you going? Look up. Speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time."

"Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I am mad."

"The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood, and burbled as it came!"

The White Knight, "I'll tell thee everything I can: There's little to relate. I saw an aged man, A-sitting on a gate."