Welcome to Fibrescapes! Introduction and my beginnings in painting with yarn! HD 1080p 

@Fibrescapes ~ Thank you for sharing your story with us Shelley. Your high school art teacher sounds wonderful....Only an artist understands the best way to ignite a student's individual creativity is to encourage its development organically, through unfettered exploration. I've always been drawn to Impressionism and Expressionism style paintings, so when I saw the video "thumbnail" of your artwork, I was immediately inspired! I love the texture, dimension, and movement the yarn gives your pieces Shelley! I've played some with needle felting 2D and 3D pieces with wool, silk and a variety of fibers, as well as punch needling yarn on monks cloth, linen, and canvas. However, after watching your videos, I'm completely intrigued and would love to try it myself! I already have a large stash of yarn just begging to be used! I saw a comment you made on the question of what type of glue your used, "Acrylic Gel Medium". Can I ask, which "body level" and "finish level" acrylic gel medium do you find works best for creating your pieces? (ie: Soft, Regular, Heavy or Extra Heavy body gels; and Matte, Semi-Gloss, or Gloss Finish) Is there one or two brands you prefer over others? I would absolutely love to dip my toes into this amazing style of art, so any guidance you could provide about the specifics of the acrylic gel mediums would be deeply appreciated Shelley! Thank you again for sharing your talent and knowledge with us! ~~Christy~~

Beautiful story remember doing a 9”12” kitchen display in an art class on cardboard . You made my day a little better bit happier . I hope your business soars . I was thinking about yarn embroidery on canvas , and up pop your video . I call this a blessing . Thanks .

Great idea with the yard storage. Love your yarn paintings , beautiful!

I love your story . Thank you for sharing . Its very encouraging for an oldie like me. Thank you so much.

What a wonderfully unique art form. It's probably been around for a long time but yours is the first I've seen. Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your art, inspiration, ideas and energy with us. Much appreciated. New subscriber.

I'm sold! I am teaching a yarn painting class at my job in the library starting next week. I was just looking for some inspiration and ran across your video. I'm overwhelmed. Looking forward to translating pictures I've been collecting into yarn. This fits in perfectly with all of the fiber art disciplines I am involved in. Thanks. I hope to be able to share some of my work with you soon.

Just found you ... omg! Your paintings are amazing! And yes, I think yarn painting is a great term for it. In the art world, one of the biggest questions is, 'What is a painting?' The one thing that most artists agree on is that a painting is not the medium. It's a very personal question, I think. The answer is different for each person. I'm an illustrator. My medium is acrylic paint. Or at least it was. Sadly I had an accident a few years ago and broke my thumb on my painting hand and can no longer hold my brushes in the way I need to do my work. I've been struggling to find a new way to create my work. The past number of months I've been exploring fabric arts and painting with cloth. Which is how I've stumbled onto your work. I grew up crocheting with my mom while watching movies. I'd never thought about yarn in terms of paintings. You've inspired me to explore what I could do with it in combination of the cloth works I'm doing now. Thank you so much for sharing your work. This could be a game changer for me =)

I’ve been working with free form stitching and one day I was scrolling on RU-vid and came across a video on yarn painting and thought I would try a small abstract piece and I was hooked! I’m inspired by your work and thinking about doing a Picasso style piece next.

So happy to have found you, l have been playing with yarn on a canvas picked up at a thrift shop and managed to create a yarn mandala. l loved it and proudly takes centre stage on my wall. Finding artists that use this medium is rare. the silver lining though is that l have to think for myself and see where it takes me. Love your art and your pin board is a perfect solution , l will be trying it very soon .

You've got to do some tutorials! Videos on the type of materials you use or the type of glue/bottles. I tried a small piece at an art class at the library and I love going one after the other with the lines! Though I'm not skilled enough to recreate items with proper colors. I would love to try bold objects with simple colors. I was just looking for some direction or inspiration of things so I don't have to draw much but just simply find things I like and fill it in with yarn but I was surprised to find there's not much out there! I'm glad I found you.

I wish there were a way to add the word "yarn" to your title. When i looked up yarn I couldn't find you. When i found you with the word fiber a whole new dimension opened up! I love watching the process! I think many more people interested in yarn may be missing you!

So thankful to have found you 🥰 I’m yearning to learn . Your art is soo stunning. Crafting is my therapy. I love your freeness in experimenting with materials. I need this in my creative expressions ☺️ I’m so looking forward to following you ❤

You are a true artist. Amazing! You're water colors are gorgeous. Keep doing that too. Would love to see more of them. Do you teach on you tube art with yarn for beginners? We could try doing small pieces to start out with until we get the hang of it. I want to congratulate you. I would pay to go see an exhibition of yours. Stunning

I loved hearing your journey. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing your journey. Your work is amazing.

У вас очень красивые и оригинальные работы ! Успехов вам в творчестве.

What a great and interesting path! I admire your work, and how you follow your instinct. You are a true artist - an inspiration to those who are searching for their own way.

Thank you! I felt an instant appreciation and affection for you, your work and your kitty :) I've been watching a lot of slow stitching videos and one of yours popped up. I've been a fibre artist for years but I had never considered painting with yarn! I'm feeling intrigued and excited although a little overwhelmed at some of the process involved. I also love your idea for storing you're yarns. We have a very small living space with very little storage and A LOT of materials. My husband would also love this idea!

Thank you so much for sharing your story- and in such a calm, encouraging manner! I have been surprised/discouraged by the number of artists who want to keep their techniques a secret. I find that such a shame - everyone’s creativity and talent puts a different spin on a technique. Sharing the basic bones how-tos is such a gift to others who might be struggling to simply get started. Even if I were to copy one of your masterpieces yarn snippet by yarn snippet, the two creations most certainly would finish entirely differently. Again, thank you for sharing!

This gets me excited! I want to learn how to do this!

wonderful video! So interesting that more have not taken this medium. I think maybe years ago yarn painting was more a thing. Like in the 70s. It needs a comeback! I have done felting and stitching on canvas now so just want to try this! Fun to explore!

What a beautiful journey of painting with yarn. I love using yarn in my fabric abstract landscapes. Mostly for couching and trim. I'm inspired by your videoes to try a small painting with strictly yarn and give my landscapes a more realistic look. Thank you so much so sharing your ideas and art.

When I found you I was so thrilled I just love this ,do machine embroidery do needle felting ,but something missing found it love the texture

Wonderful ❤

So talented. Wonderful to see you Shelley after such a long time. Do you remember me?

I love your art pieces. I totally get where you are coming from. I was bored one day and simple said out loud. I need something to do. I heard my inner voice said, "yarn Art". I tried it and I am loving it. I made many pieces and give them away to family and friends. but now I want to take it up a notch. My issue is the glue. I was thinking of the bees wax, but then I see you are using a no drip glue. What glue is it? Or did you add something to your glue. Right now I am using Elmer's glue. Your advice will be greatly appreciated. I call my artform Yarn Painting, because you do have to create it first then add the color which is the yarn. Thank you so much for sharing.

I loved hearing your story and experiences with art. You have a great talent ❤ the way you organized the yarn is very creative, a piece of art in itself! Lovely kitty 🐱

I just found your channel and I am so excited by what you are creating! I am an artist who has struggled with what medium to work with and am currently playing around with "all the things" by lumping it all under mixed media. Paper is my dominate, but I love the idea of incorporating other items and I have a lot of yarn I obtained a couple of years ago that now I am looking at with totally different eyes. Thank you for sharing your work and ideas- I love your storage system- perfect for color inspiration and you can easily see what you need or want. I will have to see if I can figure something similar with paper somehow. Also, storing it on the wall is so great for not taking up much room in your work space! I know you noted you aren't making these videos as instructional, but would you mind saying what adhesive you are using for the yarn and do you do any sort of sealing/protecting of the piece once it is complete?

Hi, thank you for sharing your story with us! I would love to be able to reach out to you by email or some other way if that’s possible, I have a question for you. I’m fascinated by what you do and I would love to touch base.