babymakers - moving on
the cage structure is almost complete - it has been my go-to piece of work for a few weeks now and i am almost reluctant to call it finished - i thought it would take me longer to reach this stage selecting the materials for the fills took a while as i had quite a lot to choose from - restricting myself to lightweight fabric, of the sort which might have been worn by women in the subtropical climate of Mauritius helped - i also wanted the fills to be perforated or translucent to echo the lightness of the structure - a few other fills used needle-lace and mesh-like materials at one stage i considered using some monochrome prints of relevant Mauritian inages, but after printing som on cotton organza they seemed clunky - but i stitched outline of a traditional Mauritian home from a drawing by a local artist* adding the textile fills was the most demanding part so far, as the shape meant some of the stitching was fiddly - finding ways to finish without leaving threads dangling or overly vi...