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Today I’m answering another one of your questions.
Now, I’ve done a couple of videos about resists, but I keep getting questions about them. Because this is such a big and important topic, I keep answering them.
Speaking of which, here’s the question for today:
“What are resists and how do y...
Hi!
As you might know, I’ve been asking you to send me the biggest questions you have on wet felting. I’ve received a bunch of them and I’ll be working on the different topics in the next weeks.
Some of them are great for the free videos and I got suggestions for new courses as well. So, thank you...
I often get questions about nuno felting, so I’d like to share a couple of tips to help you start experimenting, and to get the feeling for it, especially if it’s something entirely new for you.
Nuno felting is a very recent felting method, and it was developed when designers rediscovered felting, ...
Even if you’re more experienced in wet felting, you’ll still have projects that don’t go the way you planned. Sometimes that can lead to surprising results and to discovering a new technique, but sometimes they just turn into something you’re not happy about.
So, the question is ‘what went wrong?’ ...
I’m a felter at heart, so, like you, I love wool. I love its softness, its textures and its warmth. You know that smell when you’re wet felting? I adore that too (and I bet I’m not alone).
But wool is even more than that. It’s a wonder fiber created by Nature.
So, if you like to understand how thi...
TOSSING/THROWING/TUMBLING
Welcome to the last part of this series on how to apply pressure in wet felting.
This is another one of my favorite methods for fulling. Since I love working with my hands, and prefer avoiding tools, I use the TOSSING/THROWING technique in nuno felting, as well as when
...POUNDING/BEATING/STOMPING
In these techniques, pressure is applied to the piece by hitting it with something. These are more aggressive methods and they make sense when you’re felting a large piece, especially if it’s a thick one, or when you want to get a particularly dense felt. In fact, this tec...
RUBBING/MASSAGING/KNEADING
1. WITH YOUR HANDS
This is probably the most intuitive method because all you need for it are your bare hands.
It’s definitely the one to use after you’ve laid the wool, and applied water and soap. You start by pressing the wool layers to get the air out of the fibers
...In some of my latest blog posts, I’ve been talking about the factors we have to take into account in wet felting. We’ve already seen that:
WATER is another element of the wet felting equation. As you know, water has to be added to the wool (whether in a soap/water solution or by applying it directly to the piece you want to felt).
The question is should you work with HOT or with COLD water?
I learnt to felt with hot water and I was
...Today I’m going back to basics and I’m talking about SOAP.
As you know, there’s a lot of information around the right one for felting. In fact, different felters have different preferences. But the truth is, from olive oil soap, to dishwashing liquid, or hand soap, all of them produce felt.
If y
...When it comes to buying the wool for your felting project, you can feel really overwhelmed by the enormous choice available on the market. Also, depending on where you’re buying it from, you might get a lot of different options in terms of the sheep race.
So, here’s my suggestion on how to navigate...
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