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Post by zed on Sept 29, 2015 10:49:42 GMT
I saw a post on Facebook before asking about sellers of sari silk for felting.
Someone replied that they'd used some sari silk for wet felting but not nuno as it was too heavy.
I'm not sure what they think 'nuno felting' is. I can only think they think it means light scarves or something. Any ideas?
(I'd ask them, but I have a feeling people interpret what I say as if I've just pulled a knife on them)
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Post by lyn on Sept 29, 2015 10:57:46 GMT
I would define 'nuno' as the integration of loose wool fibres into a piece of woven fabric during the felting process.
Even tiny bits count - just a scrap of scrim used as an embellishment is 'nuno'.
The weight of the woven fabric is neither here nor there - if you can get the wool fibres to migrate through it then you have nuno.
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Post by jwugg on Sept 29, 2015 12:00:56 GMT
I thought exactly the same, Zed... I started to type a reply then deleted...couldn't be bothered in case it turned into a protracted debate.
If there's fabric involved with fibres, it's nuno, as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by zed on Sept 29, 2015 13:51:01 GMT
Oh, ok, I thought the same as you two.
It always seemed that the majority of nuno people make focuses on silk and mostly for scarves, but that comment just made me think some people must think nuno actually is just light silk and wool.
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Post by sundownalpacas on Sept 29, 2015 13:50:51 GMT
Hi there, i think that people consider Nuno felting as scarves. You see a lot of them online and at shows. Not so much as clothing. I make many Nuno felted scarfs for resale, as I can sell at a lower price vs a coat or wrap. I am going to start doing more Nuno felting of coats and wraps. I have some silk layed out on my table and am planning my layering of the fiber. I might try a couple of pre felt designs too. Here is what Wikipedia says Nuno felting is. . Link Wiki Nuno FeltingLiz |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 29, 2015 14:22:17 GMT
ok send me a link I missed this somewhere. I will don my armour an ask what they mean. I ask for clarification all the time.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 29, 2015 17:56:02 GMT
I agree with Lyn's definition. I look forward to hearing what their response is from Ann's clarification.
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 29, 2015 19:20:35 GMT
I agree with Lyn. Anything that incorporates fabric and wool can be considered nuno. Also I've seen Nuno coats, vests, dresses, etc. it doesn't have to be scarves.
Ann, I'll be interested to hear your investigative results.
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Post by zed on Sept 29, 2015 19:31:15 GMT
I don't know how to link to individual posts on there. It's in Nuno/wet felters, the post is by Debbie Lyon Fister. I think it's the first/top reply.
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Post by Teri Berry on Sept 29, 2015 20:54:25 GMT
While the Internet is invaluable for learning new techniques I think it also responsible for a lot of misunderstandings too, partly from misinformation from people offering opinions as fact and partly from learners filling in the gaps in their knowledge with their own imagination (I suspect that is what happened here, the felter in question has read about nuno, only ever found it used with chiffon for scarves and assumed that is all Nuno is about). I would be curious to know if she has a name for the felt she makes with the heavier silks? I had a similar experience when I first heard someone say nuno to me, it took a few seconds for me to work out what she was saying, I had only ever seen it written, so when someone said nooo-no it didn't quite compute in my brain that even now, still reads nun- o. Perhaps I'm just common and will never be able to talk proper  How do you all pronounce nuno? |
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 29, 2015 21:27:33 GMT
Noon-no?  That's how I hear/say it. Of course, it's with an American Midwestern accent. :-) |
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Post by lyn on Sept 29, 2015 22:06:55 GMT
Noo (rhymes with what a cow says 'moo') no (as in the negative response).
Right or wrong, that's how I say it - with a Hampshire accent.
Accents can change words dramatically. When I was 10 I played with some American girls:one of them was my age and her friends called her 'Barney'. So I called her Barney too. After several weeks I was told that her name was 'Bunny'!
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Post by zed on Sept 29, 2015 22:32:39 GMT
Same as Lyn, but without the accent |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 30, 2015 1:24:19 GMT
I am with Lyn but I sound "American" according to my British relatives.
I found it and have asked her what she means.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Sept 30, 2015 7:33:47 GMT
For what it's worth I though nuno was some strange alchemy of silks and fibres and for years stayed away, then when I started using silks and fibres for 'NUNO' I then though it meant when the silk fabric ruffles up and fibres shrink - but now I am maturing in the world of nuno and realise it means anything that invloves fibres and fabric!!
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That's how I hear/say it. Of course, it's with an American Midwestern accent. :-)
