I always have plans to create a beach inspired textile piece, but so far haven't. But that doesn't stop me from looking at what others have done! Merle Axelrad works with fabric and fiber collages in a way that is amazing. I love her beach inspired pieces like Central Coast below, but all of her water pieces are wonderful. Be sure to take a look!
Naomi Renouf also works with layered fabric collages and has quite a few pieces with ocean/beach themes. Sea and Stones, below, is one of my favorites. The transparency of the water she achieves is amazing!
This Seaglass Beach Quilt pattern was on Craftsy but now seems to have vanished from the web! I think I'm going to have to start gathering batiks and see if I can make one just using the photograph. I love how the colors in this make me feel I'm looking at the ocean. If anyone knows who the designer is, please let me know so I can credit them and link to their work. Thanks!
And since knitting seems to be what I get the most time to work on lately, I thought I'd see what beach colored yarns are out there. I found two long gradient yarns that I'm trying to decide between for my next shawl! The Blue Brick has Seafoam - I love how all of their yarns are paired with a photograph that inspired the colors and a swatch of how it knits up.
And Knitcircus offers Beach Glass - hmmm, a hard choice!
I'm hoping to get more beach days this summer - Happy Creating! Deborah
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