Jen Best

Probably a clouded yellow butterfly on a Bidens aurea 'Hannay's Lemon Drop' flower. Photo taken at the Russell Coates museum today

Yellow butterfly on a yellow flower.

A close up and softly focused photo of a pale yellow water lily.

Water lily at Russell Coates in Bournemouth today.

Sun setting over an outgoing wave on chesil beach on Portland

Sunset was spectacular this evening. More on the blog.

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Dancing willow trees in Chester

A colourful abstract inspired by mushrooms and toadstools, with tiny yellow eyes leaking out.

Shrooms

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Three Dorset button trees made with purple threads

Trip of people trees.

Colourful flowers made from hand stitched Dorset buttons. They have breaded centres and sit in a grey and red felted pot.

A little pot of Dorset button flowers.

An autumn leaf in dark orange and red with green veins lies on a tarmac pavement

Beautiful leaf.

Dorset button trees in winter, sorting, summer, and autumn colours. Made into a hanging on the left.

Seasonal Tree Dorset button workshop @whitchurchsilkmill next year. More details on the website under workshops. Limited places!

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Colourful textile tree made on a 20cm embroidery hoop, with leaf shaped Dorset buttons in green and blues as leaves, red trunk and branches, and breaded moss at the base.

Dr Seuss tree.

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Bejeweled Dorset button tree

Abstract sketch using polycromos pencil in blues, with black fine liner

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A woven band depicting trees against a blue sky

Tablet weaving trees @whitchurchsilkmill while I managed my first solo exhibition A Fascination of Trees 🥰🌳

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Needle felted picture of a clear river, overlooked by trees

River Test at the Mill
Finished. Just got to frame it now.

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A piece of felted sky against a backdrop of colourful fibre.

A river scene at Whitchurch Silk Mill, overlooked by trees

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New blog post. Needle felting today @whitchurchsilkmill

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A colourful abstract piece in bright colours. The central shapes represent my father and me

Dad and Me

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A tree stands alone on a moorland backdrop with a storm coming in the distance.

A willow tree shades a small stream with a buzzard flying above and yes in the distance.

Needle felted trees🌳🥰

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Four hand stitched Dorset buttons close up on a needle point background.

Four hand stitched Dorset buttons close up on a needle point background.

Tiny Dorset buttons
All made on 5mm rings. Red is tram (6 strands of fine silk lightly twisted together) light blue is sewing cotton, dark blue is silk twist, and the beige is 210 silk twist (and my favourite to work with). Silk threads courtesy of Whitchurch Silk Mill

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On a 5mm ring 😁

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An abstract drawing of a monstrous fish. Blocks of colour with lines in black.

Fish

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Thank you. One of my favourite things to make.

Stitched tree in a hoop using colourful and textured threads, and Dorset button making techniques.

Done! I used all the threads from my texture pack, and nothing else. 6" embroidery hoop. 75mm Fleece loved products button bobbin, and a size 13 yarn needle. Thoroughly enjoyed that!

Tree in a hoop, made with hand spun wool using Dorset button making techniques.

Fabric and stitch leaves on a small panel.

We had a flurry of visitors, who made leaves and crowns, bought art, jewelry, and books. Back on the tree now! Just got to add the leaves. 3 skeins down!

Hoop covered in wool, and with tree spikes wrapped

Casting and laying done. 2 skeins down. I'll do a bit of shaping when I back stitch the spokes.

Hand spun threads, and tools for making a Dorset button tree hoop

I'm at the Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire, UK again today, and apparently it'll be quiet, so I thought I'd see if I can use one of my texture packs to make a tree in a day. Stay tuned for progress! Packs are for sale at my exhibition, and will be online ASAP.

Hand stitched Autumn tree with lots of red and gold french knots for leaves, on a blue/grey sky, with an bare branched tree beside it.

This is November's panel for my monthly tree piece. Finished it today, on the first day of my solo exhibition A Fascination of Trees at the Whitchurch Silk Mill. I'm there until September 7th if you're passing 🥰

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Me, hugging a textile tree. I'm wearing orange dungarees and I have a leafy crown on my head

Bert the huggable tree and I are all ready to welcome you to A Fascination of Trees Whitchurch Silk Mill
I'm modelling A very fetching beech tree crown. You can come and make your own. All ages welcome. Lots of art to see too 🥰

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Tiny Dorset button trees in blue, green, and autumn shades. 12mm or just over with the thread.

Even tinier tree buttons. Also going to be earrings. Made on 12mm rings.

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2 Dorset button trees in blues and teal, with green leaves, resting on a finger to show size comparison.

tiny Dorset button trees. these are made on 14mm rings, and will become earrings for my upcoming exhibition A Fascination of Trees, at the Whitchurch Silk Mill from 23rd July.

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