I learnt another new technique on a felting workshop with Jenny Pepper. Japanese Shibori is the art of tie-dyeing; this workshop was about stitching and tightly wrapping half-felts, so the wool gave colour to the piece, not actual dyes. These photos show the stages from laying the wool, then stitching, finishing felting, drying the work ... and finally taking out the stitches. The felt holds the shape created by the tight stitching.As well as stitching, shapes can be created by adding "found objects" - pebbles, shells, glass - and holding them in place with a tightly wrapped elastic band, as in the second sample piece.
My next project, so I can practise what I've learnt ... I've sketched out a landscape picture with sheep! Watch this space!
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