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Tag Archives: wet felting
The Wet Felting Process is Done!
The wet-felting marathon continued beyond the mega wet-felting weekend. In my last post, I gave credit to my collaborator Colleen, my sister Shelley, and my husband Jim for coming to the fore when I was too ill to physically do … Continue reading
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Solidifying the Design in the Wet-Felting Process
Sorry about the lapse in posts. I’ve been quite ill for the past 3 weeks and haven’t had the energy to put up a new post. I typically try to be the good Viking and do most everything myself but … Continue reading
Reflections at the Midway Point
I’ve been researching a comment I made in my last post—about perhaps being a pioneer by using industrial felt as a needle- and wet-felting canvas. I’m more convinced this is true. So I’m thinking about appropriate names for the process. … Continue reading
The Painting Process… and a bit of history
I’m madly at work on needle felting backgrounds. I’ve finished the exterior backgrounds and have started on the interiors. It’s somewhat tedious work but necessary since it will provide an overall cohesive look to the final design elements. One tool … Continue reading
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The “Painter’s” Tools
The “Brushes” Being an accident-prone person (see The Blog Lives!), “painting” with needle-felting needles is taking a risk! These aren’t the soft brushes of the typical painter. In fact, they are quite the opposite. They are extremely sharp needles with … Continue reading
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Preparing the “Paint”
Dyed wool is the “paint” that I’m using for the coat ornamentation, along with other natural fibers. Even though some of the fiber has been pre-dyed by me, I’ve purchased most of it from a commercial source (mainly as a time … Continue reading
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Creating a Canvas
The felt fabric arrived at the end of last week—ahead of schedule! The base fabric that I’m using for the coat is a 1/8 inch thick, 100% natural (undyed & unprocessed) wool felt—commercially felted by a woolen mill in Michigan. … Continue reading
Patterning a Pattern
For the past few days, I’ve been perfecting the coat pattern. My original concept involved using a real coat pattern of my own design, blown up by 1000% to match the size of the armature. But after working with the … Continue reading
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