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Showing posts with label Felting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Felting. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Because I Felt Like It

Sometimes instead of making art, I make crafts.  Crafts can be silly (as some art also is) but usually somehow useful or practical (think crotched toilet roll covers in the shape of poodles.  Hands up all who remember those!) 

I developed a fascination with felting some years ago and have made a few stabs (especially when needle felting) at it from time to time.  Here are two recent results of my dabbling.



Needle felted ring and wet-felted cuff.

I learned how to make the ring from a library book (sorry, can't remember the title/author) but a friend of mine came over and gave me a private felting lesson on how to make lovely cuffs.  It's not exactly the season to wear them, but they'll be wonderful for chilly fall and winter days, don't you think?  Especially if one's sleeves are a little on the short side.

(And for those who are interested in such things, I used two of Kim Klassen's free textures, Peeling Paint and Canvas Back, to add interest to the soft focus background of the above photo).

How about you?  Feeling crafty these days?  And when does craft become art?
Sometimes it's a fine line. 

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