More work on my Mappa Mundi

Since last week, I have been sewing on the Mappa (Above) adding more tiles and crochet. As you can see (Below) some progress has been made…..the bottom image show the additions:

But it wasn’t going to sing, no matter how many things I added. When I discussed it with my critique group, Daryl suggested minimizing the outer border. She thought the 4 small globes in the corners were really distracting, and she ‘s right. One possibility is to cut out the central map and just sew it onto a black background. That would certainly give it a much bolder appearance:

Or something like this (Below):

This is just a VERY rough Photoshop plan. But if I place the central globe on a neutral, lighter background, like this one, I can keep all the information (including the 4 globes, so viewers can see the origins of the design), without creating an over-complicated mess.

So that’s what I’ll work on this week.

Also, I gave a Zoom presentation on my old wool work - the art created by boiling dark and light wool together. I stopped doing that when I was living part-time in Seattle, but the presentation reminded me of how much I loved that work. So I boiled up a new piece (below), which - despite doing it twice - does not work at all. Oh well. Try again.

Stay well, stay sane, more next week