With a mind to the Winter season, and our ever present quest for new designs, we spent a happy day today creating new products - from fibre felt.
The workshops have been such a success this summer, and a happy spin off is all the creative ideas generated.
Here's a pictorial snapshot of one development including the vital "psychedelic guinea pig"
Making Felt Purses
We want to make the purse 'in the round' so the first stage is to wrap the fibres - in colours of your choice around a former (bubble wrap in this case)
The workshops have been such a success this summer, and a happy spin off is all the creative ideas generated.
Here's a pictorial snapshot of one development including the vital "psychedelic guinea pig"
Making Felt Purses
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| the layers of loose fibre wrapped around the former - does resemble a guinea pig no? |
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| the many careful stages of agitation in more bubble wrap - with plenty of soapy water |
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| more like a drowned rat now! but you can see the fibres moving together |
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| once it is pretty firmed up we made a cut across for the opening |
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| after a good deal more working it is ready for finishing off |
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| a few more |
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| in the pipeline |
Once we've perfected the process, and added the zips, look out for them at a craft fair near you!
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