Vidcast by Bonnnie McCaffery

[jufergu]

I don't know if anyone follows the vidcasts by Bonney McCCaffery, but here is one you might be interested in. She talks to an artist who uses a type of felt that I am not aquainted with. You will probably know what she is talking about. bonniemccaffery.com/vidcasts/068.html

[MTRuth]

Kunin felt is a commercial felt made from nylon. It's cool because it melts and has a really neat organic looking effect after melting. I'll have to look at the rest of her videos, thanks for the link.

[lyn]

It's amazing how much experimenting you can do isn't it? I've made silk paper but in the video clip there's more ideas! So little time....

My daughter and I used a soldering iron and had a go at melting organza etc into felt - disaster - we used our handmade felt and of course it didn't work!
It took a lot of burning and cussing before we realised our mistake.

[jufergu]

I did some burning experiments also. The ones done on madmade fabric worked pretty good. They melted. I am still using a lot of those pieces of organza. But the mess that adhered to the heat tool was horrific. My husband finally sanded it off. It is really better to use a candle. But you have less control. And never do any burning without a mask.

[koffipot]

Thanks for that link Judy. I've just looked at it - also some of the other vids. I'm inspired, but, oh now! Where to start?

Judith

[zed]

I've only just got up so haven't watched the vid yet, but after my organza shell, and the comments about melting it, I wondered about burning organza away from felt. I'm glad I didn't now

[zed]

That was interesting, thanks for that

I used some cheesecloth as a base for a couple of pieces when I made silk paper, I haven't tried it yet though.
I'm tempted to make some wool/plastic blend felt to see how it melts