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...
If you google words like ‘felt’ or ‘felting’, you find lots of information, ranging from industrial felt to needle felt and everything in between. So, if you’re new to felting how do you find your way through all of this? Let me help.
HANDCRAFTED WET FELT
I guess you could say that wet felt is the...
Wet felting for over 10 years and teaching wet felting workshops has made me very aware of the most common mistakes, that prevent you from getting the best results. So, I wanted to list them here, to help you avoid a lot of frustration, as well as wasting precious material and countless hours of wor...
“How do I know if my felt is ready?” This is such a frequent question. And it’s answered in four words: do the pinch test!
And what’s the pinch test? When you feel your felt is solid enough not to fall apart anymore, you literally pinch the felt between your fingers to check if the fibers are still...
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