Nuno Felting on Black Silk Chiffon

Back from a wonderful trip to France to see family and friends and back to my studio for two pieces.

Arabian Night

Black silk chiffon nuno felted with merino and some alpaca, embellished with recycled sari silk and various yarns - 10"x 13"

The feel and texture of this piece is incredible, so soft and supple. My next step is to create larger pieces and make clothes with them!

Nuno Felt Study

same content - 12"x 12"

Another one

Merino, Noro wool/silk yarn and sari silk. Approximately 15" x 10" (38 cm x 25 cm)

Wet Felted panel

Wet felted Corriedale wool, wool yarn, sari silk, approximately 14" x 14" (35 cm x 35 cm)

Other tie dyes

Habotai 8mm scarves

Tie dyed and needle felted

I tie dyed this Habotai 8mm and didn't like the result too much so I needle felted it here and there with Merino and Saskatchewan Alpaca. I love the result.

 

The Silky Way

Wet felted panel with Merino and Sari silk, approximately 12" x 12" (30 cm x 30 cm).

Nuno scarf

Hand painted silk Pongee 5mm (see previous post), Merino, Saskatchewan Alpaca, Sari silk.

 

Having a blast...

at silk painting, felting and nuno felting. I have set up my studio accordingly, bought lots of roving, dyed and painted and I am so loving it! A lifetime of exciting discoveries lies ahead of me...

By the way a big Thank You to Cecile Meraglia for her beautiful fiber work. A big Thank You to Kris Thoeni (and her husband Joseph Woods) for their powerful and inspiring images. In times when my creativity was mobilized away from my studio their work has kept my eyes and my heart filled with beauty. Another big Thank You to Terri Pike whose videos about the nuno felting process have made the learning so easy.

Here are some of my first tries.

Silk painting (Pongee 5 mm). I am new at this kind of trade so I really don't know what I am doing and this is part of the great fun. I got amazing unexpected effects by inadvertently brushing the silk with a wet brush once painted and still a bit wet:

 Nuno felting: hand-painted silk chiffon and merino roving.

TAST - Week 4 - Cretan Stitch

Painted evenweave fabric

TAST 2012 - Week 3 - Feather Stitch

Hand dyed Pima cotton fabric