Lucy Sparrow's Felt World

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For those of you new to my work, I teach three different types of felt making. You’ll find various examples for sale in the shop. Acrylic felt - A cheaper version compared to wool and is made using acrylonitrile. Fibres are interlaced to create the same effect as wool felt. It is stain-resistant and washes well.

Another disappointment was having to postpone the felt making teaching retreat in France that I was due to lead this summer. You don’t need to spend a fortune – student quality is okay (but avoid very cheap quality materials that could put you off)

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In addition to Central Asian traditions of felting, Scandinavian countries have also supported feltmaking, particularly for clothing. [14] Manufacturing methods [ edit ] Wet felting [ edit ] Wooden rolling pin used during the wet felting process From Siberia and Mongolia, feltmaking spread across the areas held by the Turkic-Mongolian tribes. Sheep and camel herds were central to the wealth and lifestyle of these tribes, both of which were critical to producing the fibers needed for felting. As nomads traveling frequently and living on fairly treeless plains, felt provided housing (yurts, tents, etc.), insulation, floor coverings, and inside walling, as well as many household necessities from bedding and coverings to clothing. In nomadic peoples, an area where feltmaking was particularly visible was in trappings for their animals and for travel. Felt was often featured in the blankets that went under saddles. [4]

Whatever form of art you choose there is always the danger that you try to run before you’ve learnt to walk! A great way to add to your stress levels is to have an idea in your mind’s eye and not be able to achieve it. So don’t be too rigid and definitely don’t be too hard on yourself if things don’t go the way you want. Getting started. If you can, join a class to get you started. This is especially useful for something like batik where you get to try out the art medium with a good tutor who supplies the equipment you need to get started. Felt making is another example where your tutor will supply all you need as well as sharing years worth of their experience. Besides which, learning in a group setting is fun in itself.

E. J. W. Barber. Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, with Special Reference to the Aegean. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.

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Joseph Beuys; Volker Harlan (2004). What is Art?: Conversation with Joseph Beuys. CLAIRVIEW BOOKS. pp.65–. ISBN 978-1-905570-07-2. Dagmar Binder selected just one element and duplicated this to create a repeated three-dimensional pattern. Like Dagmar, you can look to nature for inspiration selecting shapes, motifs or patterns you’re drawn to.

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Felt manufacturers are now free to dye, cut, or form the felt to complete consumer products. They may also choose to sell unaltered felt in bulk sheets. Follow this kind of introduction to art and you get to make something beautiful. At the very least it will be a fun day out. Actively doing art will also bring the health benefits, we touched on earlier. Barbara Meek – Feltworld -CreativeArts.co.uk From small world people, to small world animals and insects, you’re sure to find the resources needed to help your children use their imaginations and enrich their small world play. I taught a few of the crafts that I have an interest in, although I have many different activities planned besides these! This time I did: jewellery making, collage, concertina book making and of course needle felted pictures and animals, my business is called Feltworld so it wouldn’t be right to miss these out!