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Post by lindsay on Dec 16, 2018 9:55:54 GMT
I really love that coral shape you made, Marilyn, it’s wonderful. I’m definitely going to have another go at a book resist. I’m not very good at taking enough time over very meticulous wrapping round resists (impatient) - so I will have to give myself a good talking-to before I start and maybe put on some nice chilled tunes!
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Post by Antje on Dec 17, 2018 9:14:57 GMT
Hi folks I’m late joining this thread but have enjoyed seeing everyone’s work. Lindsay If you want to continue down the differential shrinkage route take a look at the work by Brigitte Funk ( Parallelfunk) www.funk-mal-rein.de. The site is in German but there are just enough photos for you to work out what she is doing to create her various sea creatures. If you get really stuck with the lingo let me know and i’ll help you.
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Post by Pandagirl on Dec 17, 2018 15:58:59 GMT
I really love that coral shape you made, Marilyn, it’s wonderful. I’m definitely going to have another go at a book resist. I’m not very good at taking enough time over very meticulous wrapping round resists (impatient) - so I will have to give myself a good talking-to before I start and maybe put on some nice chilled tunes! Perhaps start with a simpler design. A lot of the curves and bumps can be worked out during the Felting and fulling process.
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Post by lindsay on Dec 18, 2018 6:03:58 GMT
Hi folks I’m late joining this thread but have enjoyed seeing everyone’s work. Lindsay If you want to continue down the differential shrinkage route take a look at the work by Brigitte Funk ( Parallelfunk) www.funk-mal-rein.de. The site is in German but there are just enough photos for you to work out what she is doing to create her various sea creatures. If you get really stuck with the lingo let me know and i’ll help you. Thank you for the suggestion, Antje, and for the very kind offer. Funnily enough I have just been looking at precisely that work - amazing shell shapes. Lyn directed me to a picture when I originally started this thread so I just revisited it. I agree, there are plenty of pictures which tell the story without taxing my non-existent linguistic skills. I think the main difference is the extent to which the first piece is fulled. Brigitte Funk (I confess, I didn’t know her name) seems to take her first piece at least to firm prefelt before cutting it up & laying it on a second resist whereas Soosie Jobson works with just wetted down layers (pre-prefelt aka wet wool!). If you’re able to confirm how much the first piece is felted by reading the text that would be very helpful. I hoped to get at it via google translate but when I go direct to the site (rather than via another link) I only see paintings.
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Post by lindsay on Dec 18, 2018 7:37:56 GMT
You can ignore the last point - I managed to find the felting blog & translate it.
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Post by Antje on Dec 18, 2018 8:41:13 GMT
I’m glad you found her work and have figured it out. The key word to look for is ‘vorfilz’ which means ‘before felt’ = pre-felt. She seems to work it well, to the pinch test stage, then cut it. At the moment she is working on various ‘sighs’. Yes you have read that right. The latest a star sigh stands on it’s legs/tentacles.
I’ve procrastinated long enough - on to house work now - yuk - talking Felt is much more fun.
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Post by felicity on Apr 22, 2019 17:02:36 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Apr 22, 2019 18:44:21 GMT
I saw these on your blog. Very cool. I am going to have to try this technique out.
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Post by lyn on Apr 22, 2019 19:23:09 GMT
They are excellent and would be a lovely addition to your Etsy shop as they would make great home decoration.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 22, 2019 20:40:17 GMT
Beautiful Galina!
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Post by felicity on Apr 22, 2019 20:56:33 GMT
Thank you very much! I did a very good workshop with Esther Weber at Feltrosa last year on this subject. Then I took on-line course on 3D felt objects so the understanding of how the technique in Lyn's link was working became easier. The variations are endless, I'm very exited about it !
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Post by lindsay on Apr 22, 2019 21:41:47 GMT
Brilliant - love them. Was the shell in picture 2 made with a flat resist?
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Post by felicity on Apr 23, 2019 8:07:05 GMT
Lindsay, all of them were made with a flat resist. Variation in the thickness of felt/prefelt creates a volume.
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Post by Shepherdess on Apr 23, 2019 13:29:22 GMT
Great shells, love how real they look. I would love to see some of the in progress pictures. I am not sure of how the blueish ones are done. Is it different amounts of wool or the differential shrinkage technique or both?
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Post by felicity on Apr 23, 2019 14:27:47 GMT
I am not sure of how the blueish ones are done. Is it different amounts of wool or the differential shrinkage technique or both? I think both, Ann! These are my first attempts so I've not thought about making pictures...
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