Alright, of course I am teasing, but Mr TB has nicknamed my latest offering the “Alien Signpost”. This is by far the largest piece of felt I have ever made, it was about 1.5 x 1.2 m (5 ft x 4 ft) when first laid out. It has proved to be quite a challenge, firstly just reaching the middle to lay out the surface decoration but also when trying to move it / roll it up, it was just such handful!
It also took an incredibly long time to lay out the design too, about 8 hours including the time it took to card the wools for the background.
When finished it will be a felt hanging and was based on a monoprint I made on some handmade paper last year.
It is still at the prefelt stage, I allowed it to dry out so I could deal with a couple of prefelts that weren’t adhering as strongly as I would like and needle felt some finer details before fulling. This is what it currently looks like:
I am expecting the colours to become muted during fulling as the paler background colours migrate to the front.
I am looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
I am looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
Not sure about aliens but it does look intriguing! Can't wait to see a final result!
Not sure about aliens but it does look intriguing! Can't wait to see a final result!
Dealing with large pieces of felt is always interesting. Not quite as big as my yurt panels but I know how much work it is. It is looking gorgeous and I can't wait to see the end result 🙂
Dealing with large pieces of felt is always interesting. Not quite as big as my yurt panels but I know how much work it is. It is looking gorgeous and I can't wait to see the end result 🙂
Wow, I can't even imagine working on a piece this big, I'm very impressed! Also looking forward to seeing it finished. Think of those arm muscles you're developing.
Wow, I can't even imagine working on a piece this big, I'm very impressed! Also looking forward to seeing it finished. Think of those arm muscles you're developing.
Thankfully no, not as big as yurt panels, I am still amazed that anyone (including the Mongolians) can make felt so big, much kudos to you for pulling it off! 🙂
Thankfully no, not as big as yurt panels, I am still amazed that anyone (including the Mongolians) can make felt so big, much kudos to you for pulling it off! 🙂
Not sure about bigger muscles but it certainly made my back ache! I will try to make time to work on it some more over the Easter weekend…
Not sure about bigger muscles but it certainly made my back ache! I will try to make time to work on it some more over the Easter weekend…