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| The un spun wool that we start with... |
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| Pulled, and coiled |
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| Layers added, colors varied, and kitchen twine added ... very experimental in the Design Lab ;) |
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| Side view ...to show loft |
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| More layers |
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| More layers added, the fine mesh layered over, then splashed with hot water and a diluted soap mixture...to start the felting process. The mesh holds the wool fibers in place until they start merging with each other |
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| Side view...showing the water and soap soaking into the wool |
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| Gently pressing down with a plastic bag, to facilitate the water and soap mixing with the wool. Look how much it has flattened out. The felting process has begun... |
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| After quite a bit of pressing and adding hot water, we peel back the mesh before the wool fibers start felting that layer...not a good thing |
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| Pancake...fluffy gone away |
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| Pancake wrapped up in plastic, and rolled and kneaded to facilitate the felting process |
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| Soaked and squeezed and kneaded...such a rough life for a bunch of fibers |
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| Squeezed, and shrunk (?) until it is a piece of wet felt |
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| Ehhhhh Voila...a funky or rather an Artful bowl...and yes, it is intentionally angled |
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| ...with lots of personality. Episode One from the Design Lab... Episode Two...following shortly...gotta go take a nap, all that merging of fibers just plain ol' wore me out ;) |
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