Thursday, 13 January 2011

Felt art - first attempt

Well, I'm not sure if you could call it 'art' yet!!

Armed with my new book 'Beginner's Guide to Feltmaking' (by Shirley Ascher and Jane Bateman), I have attempted my first felt picture - it's a bluebell wood, in case you can't tell! I did a small sheet of grey/brown/black pre-felt first and cut that into strips for the trees and then created my pciture. I think it needs more definition and the blue and purple colours should've been mixed a bit more, but overall I was pleased. It was fun to do!

My wonderful assistant
Design laid out, ready to felt
The finished picture - just needs a bit of pressing to get it flat
Close-ups of the felt

2 comments:

  1. Lovely, great first piece, have fun making more. It's a lovely book to get started on wet felting, hope you enjoy making more x

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  2. Hi Dawn,
    Thanks for your comment. I've now done another piece and can't wait to do more - it's great learning a new craft! x

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