Lumps and Bumps with Dorothy!!
Of course we had our usual Show n Tell before we all got felting and Fiona who’s hiding behind her hanging, shared her felted image of mountain sheep which everyone loved
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‘Old Homer’ the Holm oak in Warrenpoint which was nominated for European Tree of the Year was the inspiration for this hanging which Flo is working on.
It is so good when we share our work as it provides a great opportunity for receiving feedback and support in developing ideas and also gives us all a kick towards getting creative ourselves!!
Dorothy whose own creations are a great source of inspiration, talked us through some of the myriad of samples which she had brought along explaining about using up to nine layers of prefelt as in the hood of this little jacket to pinching and stitching to create ridges and to adding nepps to make uneven lumpy surfaces.
She demonstrated how to create little raised bumps by adding resists, in this case small marbles, in the middle of the lay.
Most felters decided to try this technique on its own but Helen really experimented by incorporating quite a number of different shapes into her sample; it’ll be great to see the final results.
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| Maria and Patricia having fun |
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| Leah and Bronwen concentrating hard! |
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| Cate works hard with those marbles with lots of support from Norma |
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| Alwyn, Jane and Helen enjoying themselves! |
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| Jayne and Dorothy happily concentrating |
