{"id":4223,"date":"2019-12-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2019\/12\/24\/the-2019-christmas-ornaments\/"},"modified":"2019-12-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T00:00:00","slug":"the-2019-christmas-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=4223","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Christmas ornaments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you have been following me for a while, you know that every Christmas I make one new Christmas tree ornament. (And that I swap with some of my artist-friends). Why a suitcase?<\/p>\n

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I wanted the ornament to reflect my 2019, if possible. And a suitcase may or not be representative of that. In the first half, I did travel to Sao Tome & Principe, to Portugal, the US, Greece and the Check Republic. Due to unforeseen circumstances I cancelled &amp;nbsp;trips to Ireland, Canada and France this fall. However, I went on a different type of journey, where I met a sector of society I didn`t really know much about before, and I can say that I have travelled inside, exploring and discovering new sides of myself. So I think the suitcase fits.<\/p>\n

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The suitcase(s) are made with a body of CAPA-plates inside (light foam between cardboard-sheets, leftovers given me from my printers). They are then dressed with real leather from deer (remnants from my sofa. It\u00b4s all about using what you already have!). The stickers are also old, I found them in a box, carrying my childhood-collection. The metallic add-ons in the corners and the nails\/nuts are made with a metallic glue which I also had lying around. So, nothing new, all things just found around the house.<\/p>\n

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My dear friends Michelle Allen and Karla Dornacker totally inspired me to try needle-punching, and last Christmas I bought a kit from them. I didn\u00b4t get around to trying it out before this year though, and it is so fun! The bird below is Michelle\u00b4s design. The heart in the back is last years up-cycled needlepoint embroidery (again a remnant from the big embroidery-exhibition)<\/p>\n

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I do love hearts at Christmas. Probably has something to do with the season. And as a textile person, I did try a couple of other options before landing on the non-textile suitcase. This freestyle machine embroidered silk is covered with faces, all squished together for a family-portrait.<\/p>\n

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On the back it also states that this is &amp;nbsp;a \u201cHappy Family\u201d, and it was made with gratitude for my own family who have been so supportive for me always, and especially this fall.<\/p>\n

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An apricot family-heart in the making.<\/p>\n

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My first attempt to make an ornament that sums up 2019 for me was this: a crochet spine vertebrae (so not a snow-angel, of that\u00b4s what you thought \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

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