delicate felt

I told the traffic warden to go forth and multiply, though not exactly in those words.    Woody Allen

The felting excitement continues! Last weekend I went on two day courses with Lizzie Houghton. The second of which was making felt corsages and wow!
My experiments with Nuno felt also continue. I'm more and more enthusiastic! I feel I can paint like this!

My only problem is that they don't photograph as beautifully as they look in real life. This is frequently a problem with textile works but even more so with these delicate felts. I will take some pictures from other angles so that you get more sense of the textures and how thin they are but today I have been playing with photographing them flat. I want to make  box-framed compositions with these so I need to get good flat photographs.

These pieces are about 4" x 10".

I'll keep working at the photography and show some more next week.

I'm also finally setting up my Etsy shop.  I'll let you all know when that's done.

Today's inspiration: This amazing book about interesting garment designs.

Likes: Fine gauzy wool

Dislikes: Tax forms

Comments

[Kel]

I am SO loving felt at the moment and these are just stunning! I had planned to go to the make lounge for felt handbags but it was cancelled. Luckily though I ended up on a felting class at the Mary Ward Centre and was hooked within the first hour! My little felted hedgehog is up on my blog, but the tapestry/pictures won't be up til later in the week.

[Cathy]

Those colours sing together so well. Lovely, looking forward to seeing your Etsy shop also.

[Miss*Laurence]

Hello!
We're completely doing the same things at the moment!
I love making Nuno as well, although for some reason it is never as thin as I'd like - most of the time I think it's too fragile.
You know I just bought that Japanese book!!! I love the spiral scarf and the cardigan which looks like a scarf with just 2 holes for the arms... And I'm working on my Etsy too... See you soon!

[angeljoy]

I just discovered nuno and what it is in Somerset's Belle Amoire. Have you ever submitted any of your work? It's fabulous!