Wool mats

These handwoven wool placemats are beautiful in off white with colors reminiscent of the Southwest--teal, golden yellow, deep russet red. They don't exactly match yet they go together beautifully, and I like that about them. Use as placemats for a dinner for two, or table mats for beautiful pieces

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This is the raw fleece of a Blue Texel sheep. Although unwashed, it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt - in short, no sheep shit. Thanks to this, most of the tail wool is missing, but it was easy to tell the tail end, on the right of the picture, because the locks were so much coarser and full of hairy kemp fibres. I bought it chiefly for the colours. The blanket, or underside of the fleece, which was close to the sheep's skin when shearing was done…

This is the raw fleece of a Blue Texel sheep. Although unwashed, it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted ...

WIP . More layers added to build up the forest floor. I’ve felted thick mats of wool, then cut shapes of moss and felted them in to give the depth. Lots more to do ! Have a special commission I’m working on as well , something very different to work on 😊.#wip #wipfolksy #needlefeltedpicture #woolart #fibreartist #yorkartist #natureinspired #paintingwithwool #trees #folksyshop