The home of the co-created felting adventures of two best friends, Rhonda Lynn and Epiphany Fibersong. Follow along as we show, share and teach our love of all things felt and how, by incorporating recycled and re-purposed materials we create stunning pieces that are environmentally friendly, functional and pure magic! Each creation is an extension of what nature has already given us and it is our passion inspire others with our co-creative expressions.
Showing posts with label wet felting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wet felting. Show all posts
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Drop-in felting workshop for All Ages!
Come to the Williams Barter Faire and World Market this Saturday the 22nd for live music, local arts and a felt making drop-in workshop for all ages. Instruction to make a felt flower for $25 and a headband for $30. Support your local artisans!! See you there!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Starting a new Cloche (hand sculpted wide brimmed felt hat)
A customer recently ordered a custom made felt cloche, and her only request is that the hat be green. She is an opera singer with vibrant red hair and the green hat will look so striking on her. I picked out an olive green merino roving and some off white re-purposed vintage cotton lace for the hat band. I also include a lovely flower in complimentary colors and I am thinking that this green and gold shimmery shirt fabric would make a beautiful flower. Any thoughts? I might add a bit of red to the flower as well - just a touch.
I love making these cloches!! I took an online workshop by HandiCraftKate and it was such an excellent class. It was only $8 and I have lifetime access to it in case I forget anything - thank goodness! Felting is so great to begin with and in the making of these hats I get to utilize my skills in flat felting, nuno felting and sculpting with wool. So much fun! I will be taking photos as I go along and will be posting them here so you can see the process and steps involved. Today I started by selecting my roving and fabrics and tomorrow I will lay out and make the flat felt that will magically be transformed into a beautiful cloche. Stay tuned!
I love making these cloches!! I took an online workshop by HandiCraftKate and it was such an excellent class. It was only $8 and I have lifetime access to it in case I forget anything - thank goodness! Felting is so great to begin with and in the making of these hats I get to utilize my skills in flat felting, nuno felting and sculpting with wool. So much fun! I will be taking photos as I go along and will be posting them here so you can see the process and steps involved. Today I started by selecting my roving and fabrics and tomorrow I will lay out and make the flat felt that will magically be transformed into a beautiful cloche. Stay tuned!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Experimenting with resists
I saw a beautiful textile of folded and pleated fabrics created to look like a waterfall and wanted to try something similar with felt. I only had a limited amount of blue merino roving so I didn't make as many ruffles as I would have like to, but I am pleased with the results.
By laying down long strips of plastic between the fibers I was able to create these dimensional ruffles. I call this piece Abstract Waterfall. I had a couple photos of the process but seem to have lost them :(
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