Nuno felting ideas

I haven’t done a nuno felting tutorial so I thought it might come in handy for those of you who haven’t tried it before and need a little guidance. The most important thing to remember …

Can tulle be used with the nuno felting technique? The answer is yes, of course! Confirming that and trying it out with our extra fine merino wool is.

This blog contains some useful tips and hints how to create nuno felt. Nuno felt is a vast area with many opportunities and results depend on many variables. I will be talking here based on my experience and my designs. Please note that there are many other opportunities in nuno felt and I hope this blog will encourage you to experiment with this technique further. 1. Weight of fabric. It is more challenging to felt heavier silk, such as: various thickness silk ponge (5 and 6), silk habotai

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Hello there readers! I get lots of compliments about my wet-felted background pieces and often get asked how they are made. So here’s a blog devoted to giving you an insight into the wet felting process and the tools that I use. To begin with, here are all my tools:1. Liquid soap2. Water spray bottle3. Hand washboard4. Bamboo mat5. Roller6. Net7. Bar of soap8. Wool yarns9. Coloured wool roving10 White wool roving11. White vinegar spray I begin by throwing an old towel over my work desk. This…

Resources for 12 wet felting projects to try on your own. Learn to wet felt and do some fun projects with this collection of tutorials.…

Nuno felting is a technique developed in 1994 by the textile artists Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka. By manipulating a small amount of wool fiber through a base fabric, they learned they could create a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is thin, lightweight and drapeable. A similar process to wet wool felting, Nuno felting brings 2 different materials together to create a whole new textured fabric. While I was in Tucson for the Crystallized…

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