About Felt
Felted work is made using wool sliver (sheep, alpaca, mohair, etc), silk and other fibres. This sliver would have been washed and cleaned before and then put through a carding machine so that all the wool fibres lie the same way. The carding machine straightens and combs the wool fibres.
The majority of my work is made using a technique called "nuno" felt. Nuno felting is when wool fibre is felted through fabric to produce a lightweight material (like a sandwich). The materials used are usually woven, like silk, cotton etc. Nuno felt is usually quite light .
Needle felting is another method of felting wool sliver and this is done by using special needles.
Also silk sliver, hankies, and fibres, etc, may be used to felt. I have also incorporated some of my muka in needle felting and found it worked well.
You may check my Blog where I have been talking about my project which involves felting and flax weaving together to create a dress.
Care for Felted Work:
Hand wash using a mild soap like wool wash.
Reshape while damp.
Dry in shade, it may be ironed with iron on wool or silk setting.
Felting Tool
Pottery Felting Tool.
Colours may vary from blue to green, or yellow.
Price: None left at present.
Colours may vary from blue to green, or yellow.
Price: None left at present.
All work shown in these pages are copyrighted to Isabel Fernandes-Day.
All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.