Soft yet tough, felt is a versatile, malleable material used for everything from sculpting to sewing. Then there’s felt needling, a beginner-friendly sculpting method with a range of possibilities.
Watch this mesmerising video showing the process of turning wool into an incredibly lifelike model of an Abyssinian cat. KeXin Fan, from Harbin, China filmed and created this incredibly detailed wool ...
Beth Leydon will be doing a demonstration of “nuno” felting, which is a Japanese word meaning cloth or fabric. “I’ll show how to meld loose wool fiber into woven scraps of silk with nothing more than ...
You could be forgiven for assuming Aliman Esenalieva is overheated. The 60-year-old textile artisan is sitting cross-legged on the floor of a felted yurt on a sweltering 90-degree June day just ...
While Patty Benson was learning to crochet, her first round shapes reminded her of another project she enjoyed: turning a shrunken wool sweater into a pillow. Inspired by that first foray into felting ...
Mobiles were never in the plans. At least, not at first. But here they hang, twirling and bouncing in the currents generated by Sheila Morissette's air vents. Their felted Merino wool circles are ...