As an experiment for my final piece for my 'Juxtaposition' project one of my ideas is to make a pair of felt boots...my initial idea was to make a pair by following a pattern, and focus of surface pattern while making the felt it's self, however now I'm thinking about making plain white/cream coloured felt and using hand embellishment and the embellisher to create a more detailed surface pattern once all the felt is made and possibly even once the boots are constructed...
Here's the begining of the process, the felt for my maquette being made (at home in my own little studio...aka mums kitchen table)
Approximately 2x1m of merino wool tops layered up ready to be felted.
Wool tops must be layered in opposite directions in order to bond together properly.
After adding hot soapy water and rubbing for about half an hour the felt is ready to be rolled repeatedly.
The next step is to rinse the felt and leave to dry! And pray that it hasn't shrunk too much!
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