Once again we had a very
good turnout, seems the word is spreading and more participants want to join.
The session started with
an introduction to felt making, Musarat
demonstrated the different stages, placing the towel first, place mat, bubble
wrap and then the pre-felt. The layers
were built with fibre tops placing them gently in a warp and weft arrangement.
Later the soapy water was added over the fibre tops and gently rubbed together
causing the fibres to interlink and bond together.
It was the first attempt at felt-making for
most participants, we did extremely well as we all got into it and started to
make our own felt flowers. Rozi said we
did very well too, Musarat & Rozi were pleased at how we all learnt the
process very quickly. Once we finished
making the flowers we started to experiment with other shapes. There are some
that did their initials, whilst others did butterflies and various other shapes.
The felt pieces will be worked back into with wire, buttons and embroidery to make them look pretty, and added in to the 3D art works.
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