Modern Art Wallhanging
This is my favorite work, because here the archaic motifs are the base but the colours and curves make this work to be a modern piece. It’s wet felting technique, first the design and than the 3 layers of wool. (rolling)
This is my favorite work, because here the archaic motifs are the base but the colours and curves make this work to be a modern piece. It’s wet felting technique, first the design and than the 3 layers of wool. (rolling)
21 thoughts on “Modern Art Wallhanging”
The asymmetrical design is very eye catching. Great color scheme too!
Lovely work again. I agree with Ruth about the asymmetrical design. It gives a very different feeling to the symmetrical.
Can I ask, do you wet the coloured wool before you lay it out in the design, as you do with the outline fibres? If so, is it very difficult to get the fibres to obey you?
A felt maker in our town makes her designs with wet fibres (without the outlines) and I’ve never dared try it. Whenever I handle fibres with wet hands the fibres stick to me so I’ve always wondered if this happens with wet fibres too.
Ann
Yes,I work with wet wool,but this wool it’s 40 microns
Gosh, that’s coarse. What breed of sheep is it from? Does it take a lot of work to get it to felt?
Ann
It’s È›igaia wool from my country
I just love Ildi’s work – it’s always so detailed and vibrant. When are you doing an online workshop Ildi!?
Thank you, I don’t have enough knowledge for online workshopđŸ˜”,I’m not the master of technique
I really like how this piece turned out. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful work and elegant design. I look forward to hearing answers to questions about handling wet felt. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful colours and lovely design!
When you say you used 3 layers of wool do you mean it’s the thickness of 3 layers or did you do it 3 times?
I do it 3 times
This has to be my favourite of all the pieces you’ve done. The colours, the design, everything about it is just right!
Thank you
This is just brilliant! Maybe someone could help you do a pdf of all the steps? I would buy it. I want to do this so bad!! Thanks
I’d want this pdf, too!!!
Beautiful. I love the colours.
Beautiful piece Ildi. Love it !
Ildi, this is just ‘wow’. I love the colours & design.
It looks to be a large work? How long does it take you to lay out the design 3 times & then felt it?
About 4 days
It s a visual feast, and thank you for sharing it. I hope you will not mind me asking but when you say you do it 3 times, do you mean you do 3 thin layers and is the last one plain wool? Thank you