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John & Marion Stonehouse   16 av de la Libération   30450 Génolhac   France   04 66 61 24 16

John Stonehouse:

Marion Stonehouse:

My work with weathered wood was inspired while replacing a fence on our Shetland Croft. The old fence posts were intended for firewood, but the rich textural surfaces that I was handling and piling in the trailer demanded a new respect, so elegantly engraved were they by the elements of perhaps forty years. They became precious, and then were handled very carefully.

— John Stonehouse

Marion Stonehouse ~ flat felts

Monochrome felts

These felts are solely in black, white and grey or a mixture of these.

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Black and white forms
Black and white forms
wool and rayon, framed
76 cms x 65 cms
Daisies
Daisies
Wool, silk, alpaca and silk daisies
92 cms x 65 cms
Egypt
Egypt
wool and cotton muslin, framed
50 cms x 50 cms
Feline
Feline
wool and nylon, framed
71 cms x 51 cms
Study in grey
Study in grey
wool, embroidery and beads
59 cms x 49 cms

Textured felts

This is a collection of felts using a large variety of materials, techniques and colours. I aim to produce a balanced and interesting composition. I can supply small to large scale works.

Autumn
Autumn
wool and silks
108 cms x 70 cms
Blue Tunnel
Blue Tunnel
wool, silk, acrylic
40.5 cms x 39 cms
Circle
Circle
wool base with embroidery
45 cms diameter
Flames
Flames
wools and beading
45 cms x 49 cms
Red Pannel
Red Pannel
wool and silks
42 cms x 77 cms
Soweto - this is where I live
Soweto - this is where I live
wools and silks on cotton scrim
88 cms x 64 cms

Butterfly felts

These are not copies of butterflies but take their inspiration from the patterns on wings of butterflies and moths.

Monarch butterfly
Monarch butterfly
wools and silks on cotton scrim
34 cms diameter
The Pasha
The Pasha
wools and silks
55 cms x 35 cms

Felts inspired by "The Earth seen from the sky"

The wonderful photographs in this book by Frenchman Yann Arthus-Bertrand underpin this work. Man-made and natural landscapes are featured.

chilli
chilli
mixed media
70 x 70 cms
Madagascar
Madagascar
mixed media
84 x 64 cms
Maldives
Maldives
mixed media
84 x 64 cms
Maroc
Maroc
mixed media
64 x 84 cms
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel
mixed media
84 x 64 cms
Nets in Seaweed Aquaculture, South Korea
Nets in Seaweed Aquaculture, South Korea
wools, silk fabrics and fibres
43 cms x 59 cms
River Thjorse, Iceland
River Thjorse, Iceland
wools and silks
85 cms x 55 cms
Salt deposits where the Wadi Kalou opens into lake Assal Djibouti
Salt deposits where the Wadi Kalou opens into lake Assal Djibouti
wool and silk fibres
73 cms x 51 cms
Waste deposits from uranium mine, Niger
Waste deposits from uranium mine, Niger
wools, silks, threads
63 cms x 43 cms
Yellowstone
Yellowstone
mixed media
74 x 104 cms