I tried another experiment with dimensional felting with prefelt. You can see my other experiments here and here. This one I decided to use an already made prefelt and then just cut it to fit the shape.
I started with the resist shape shown above. I covered the resist with a thin layer of red wool. I laid the wool so that it wrapped around the long edge of the resist.
I then cut out the prefelt to fit the resist shape. I think I would have preferred making the prefelt over the same shaped resist as the edges and curves had to be cut more than I wanted and there were more edges to deal with when felting. Next time, I also would make the center prefelt shape a bit shorter and the end pieces longer.
I then rubbed and rubbed to get the red and the brown wool to felt together and to felt the edges down carefully. I then cut out the resist along the red edge and finished felting and fulling.
And here’s he final shape that I ended up with. The colors in the above photos are more true than the in process photos. It is definitely red as opposed to orange. These experiments have been a fun learning process. I have found the most important thing to remember is to make the prefelt thick, perhaps 3-4 times thicker than the underlying support wool layer. Now to figure out some more shapes that will be interesting to try.
Razor clam?? Fascinating how you can make these shapes using wool.
Thanks Tesi, yes, it is interesting how the shapes develop with this process. I am having fun experimenting and shells are definitely a good inspiration for different shapes.
Amazing transformation of wool fibres! Interesting process Ruth and it definitely looks like a shell.
Thanks Lyn, I am always amazed when this process works. Felting is always magical but this technique still surprises me 🙂
That’s certainly an interesting process and shape. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing the next one.
Thanks Marilyn, I look forward to seeing the next one too 🙂