the latest felting adventures
February 17, 2009 ~ posted by fiona in colour :: felt :: oca textiles 1
A series of before and after pics from a felting session last week…
The first two pieces, focusing on working with colour, are flat felt in merino with a little silk floss on the surface. The first is more about the colours outside my window; the second, the colours inside my head.
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The next sample is nuno felt using sari ribbon with a cobwebby layer of fleece, in this one the top layer is the ‘back’.
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I really like the scribbly texture where the frayed edges of the ribbon are felted in, it looks almost like machine embroidery.
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The next experiment was to follow up a thought I’d had when making this scarf, ‘what if I felt a cord tied with sari ribbon?’
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Finally, I made a nuno felt ‘sandwich’ of two layers of thinly laid fleece trapping a layer of fabric scraps between. Sorry about the blurry ‘before’ image!
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The next colour pieces I do are going to be bigger! I want to make some seat covers for a set of dining chairs we have that are in rags. I’m going to try the felted cord again, with a variety of ribbons and yarns; and the nuno pieces are quite soft and stretchy and would need to be stronger for actual use – more experiments definitely needed there!
I’ve applied to end the deferment of my OCA Textiles 1 course at the beginning of March – exciting and a bit daunting as I’ve got so out of the habit. I’ve already ascertained that I can focus on nuno felt and shibori for the fabric manipulation module I’ll be going back to, so I can continue to build on what I’ve been doing recently.
I had some other bits of news but I think I’ll save them for another post as this one seems to have grown very long already. 
Beautiful!
Vicki W :: February 17, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
love what youre doing especially the nuno felt using sari ribbon and the cobwebby layer of fleece, really gorgeous. Judy
Judy Scott :: February 17, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
The cord tied with Sari fabric looks a bit like a fishing fly.
Joanna :: February 17, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
As usual Fiona, very interesting.The ribbon and felt is my fav.
Jude :: February 18, 2009 @ 7:40 am
they are all gorgeous, but
the sari ribbon felt is really exciting!!
neki desu
neki rivera :: February 18, 2009 @ 10:58 am
Love the nuno sandwich with the fabric scraps.
Good luck with Textiles1 !
Penny :: February 18, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
I truly admire the way you experiment with all your ideas. They look great. I’m glad you’ve developed the idea from your scarf. I’m so much less disciplined. I hate to think how many ideas I’ve wasted not writing them down or trying them out. A course is probably a good way to make all the development happen.
Pam :: February 19, 2009 @ 1:56 am
I’ve enjoyed looking at the experiments with sari ribbon. There are so many possibilities in feltmaking when you have a ‘what if ‘ mentality.
Fiona (Fi@84) :: February 19, 2009 @ 11:49 am
Those are some very interesting experiments. I really like the last one. I’ve been meaning to do something similar but I can’t find the right fabrics! Gotta go shopping!
Marian :: February 21, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Love the nuno felt!
annica :: February 21, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
Hi
Great to see you are getting back to Textiles 1, I am currently studying it and am just about to start project 8, the weaving bit.
Becky
Rebecca Harris :: February 24, 2009 @ 4:05 pm
Hi Fiona,
So glad I’ve just found your blog! I’m a silk painter, interested in felting but haven’t tried it much yet…. you’ve inspired me!
These are all beautiful but the felt and ribbon piece is outstanding!
Deborah Younglao :: February 25, 2009 @ 2:46 am
Fabulous work and site Fiona
I am sure you have nothing to be daunted about in resuming your OCA course. Hope you enjoy it.
Gareth :: February 27, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
Lovely Nuno felt pieces, I love doing this technique, haven’t done it for a long time.
Good luck with the OCA course, it’ll be great to finish
Great to see you on my blog, thanks for dropping in and leaving your comment.
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loveFibre » felted fabric and Mr Bear :: March 3, 2009 @ 5:03 pm
That felted cord with sari ribon is such a great idea!!!!
red2white :: March 5, 2009 @ 10:06 pm
Love the felted cord, I nicked the technique for project 8, we have to make a series of ropes and I thought this was perfect, thanks for the inspiration.
Rebecca Harris :: March 7, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
You are having a great time here Fiona and like a few others I think that felted cord is inspirational. Well done on going back to your course.
Mags :: April 7, 2009 @ 4:32 pm