tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14023457086641387482024-03-27T23:53:04.254+00:00Gone FeltingFelting, fibers and felted fish!Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-34072331188058641762019-10-19T16:19:00.001+01:002019-10-19T16:19:32.570+01:00Greeting cardsSome greeting cards with my designs:<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-12315887848839637312019-07-25T23:05:00.000+01:002019-07-25T23:05:50.907+01:00A shellI've made this piece a while ago to be a part of an exhibition "Wild about textiles". The exhibition was run by the group of textile artists - <a href="https://www.yorktextileartists.com/" target="_blank">York textile artists</a>. The shell is made of extra fine 16 mic merino and a Kap-merino, which create very smooth yet firm surface.<br />
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The event was held in a lovely (although remote) location in Arezzo region. The exact place was small town/village Stia-Pratoveccia. An area of extraordinary national beauty! The area is famous for its Casentino wool fabric and has a great museum of wool and its production.<br />
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Apart from historical and technical stuff there was a small exhibition of work some felt artist. It was very impressive but I've not make a picture of a label apparently so I do not know the name of the artist! Shame on me!<br />
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Back to Feltrosa itself. There was an exhibition of felt pieces as well:<br />
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There were workshops and a social programme as usual. I didn't take any workshops but the results of one in particular had caught my attention and I think I should have done it even if it was about eco-printing! I have nothing against eco-printing, it's just the area I'm not interested in. But this particular workshop by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010732999763" target="_blank">Jade Aukin</a> was about eco-printing on leather and results were stunning. And I missed it!<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010732999763"></a>Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-71369538913374534532019-05-01T19:28:00.000+01:002019-05-01T19:28:04.470+01:00Seed PodsThis three pieces are all hollow items imitating seed pods and a fruit. I really enjoy making them. More to come!<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-10989175129485709892019-04-29T11:41:00.000+01:002019-04-29T11:41:33.168+01:00Some more shell works, now on a slightly larger scale:<br />
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<br />Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-85879991403453728792019-04-22T15:25:00.001+01:002019-04-22T15:25:13.496+01:003-D feltSome sea shells felted:<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-37763311842773777062018-06-25T13:08:00.002+01:002018-06-25T13:08:52.960+01:00Autumn-Winter EventsWe are nearly in the second part of the year! Time flies...<br />
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I have the most of September-December events confirmed. They are mostly the same as the last year with one addition and one miss (probably). I've decided to try and go farther afield, meaning out of the region where I live. The reason is that being an active feltmaker and selling at many events in the area means that the number of potential customers of my most popular products goes down. Obviously who needs three glasses cases 😖! Fish is a different story because there are people who buy two and more easily. So all this considering I added a new event - <a href="http://www.kendalwoolgathering.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kendal Wool Gathering</a> in October and am going to miss ETSY Made Local event in December.<br />
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So this is my <u><span style="color: #0b5394;">list of events for the autumn-winter part of the year 2018:</span></u><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">September 29-30 Masham Sheep Festival Masham</span><br /><span style="color: black;">October 27-28 <a href="http://www.kendalwoolgathering.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kendal Wool Gathering</a> Kendal</span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">November 17-18 <a href="https://www.craftsinthepen.org.uk/" target="_blank">Crafts in the Pen</a> Skipton </span></span></span><br />
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Once a month is more than enough I think 😊Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-35140011104835373622018-05-13T11:17:00.000+01:002018-05-13T11:17:41.182+01:00Feltrosa 2018This is my third event and I like it the most! May be because it is the recent one 😊!<br />
I've already written about a beauty of Italy, delight of Italian food etc See my posts about Feltrosa 2016 and 2017.<br />
What was different this time and why I like it so much? <br />
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- the workshop I've taken was a great success;<br />
- the exhibition of white felted items was amazing;<br />
- the extra talks on local silk production and an exhibition of textiles in futuristic style was interesting although some extra info in English would have done a lot of difference.<br />
Workshop of <a href="https://www.esther-weber.com/" target="_blank">Esther Weber</a> on mini textiles.<br />
I was uncertain about this workshop because for me it was a tricky timing and now I'm so happy that I did it!<br />
The workshop itself was organised perfectly and results were fantastic. The first day was about learning technique and by the end of a day <u>everyone</u> had a finished piece of a quality equal to the tutor's.<br />
For the second day Esther suggested to everyone to do their own project based on the technique learned. And the results were great. And at the very end we'd discussed our pieces, getting advice from the tutor and fellow students. I'm really pleased with the workshop and hope to see Esther at the next event!<br />
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This is our first day working place, everything is ready and Esther's piece as an example:<br />
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And this is my finished piece (photographed at home). Very pleased with it!<br />
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For the next day project I'd chosen this beautiful picture of wasps' nest as an inspiration and this is my piece, rinsed and shaped properly:<br />
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See below a picture of all items together, just before the end of the second day of a workshop.<br />
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I know that the every participant has learned a lot and enjoyed the course very much. Thankyou to Esther for a great workshop and to fellow students for a fantastic atmosphere!<br />
Just a few pictures of other courses:<br />
A lovely owl portrait made at the workshop with <a href="http://feltrosa.com/anna-esposito/">Anna Esposito</a><br />
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An exciting moment of unfolding indigo eco-printing:<br />
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Now about an exhibition. Last year at <a href="http://gone-felting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/feltrosa-2017.html" target="_blank">Feltrosa-2017</a> there was a workshop with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Muton-Objetos-Fieltro" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c97f24;">Maria Jose Troncoso</span></a> making wool bas relief. I liked it very much but not only me apparently! A few Italian felters (seven, if I'm not mistaken) created twenty (!) relief panels, all in white and with botanical paintings as a reference. The bus relief technique of a previous year was an inspiration but every artist developed and adjusted it to their design and produced stunning pieces. See them below. Unfortunately, there are fewer than 20 pictures just because of my poor skills as a photographer. <br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-74588825168186523922018-04-09T10:51:00.000+01:002018-04-10T15:17:55.306+01:00My first Spring into Wool fairA month ago I published a list of upcoming events and here we are! The first one, <strong>Spring into Wool</strong> in Leeds come and gone. Will try to put my feelings and thoughts down on paper while I remember details:<br />
- <strong>general</strong> (venue, organisation, people). Very positive! I like venue, light and spacious (even if I was in a bit of awkward place, but it was my choice), organisers did a brilliant job and fellow exhibitors were very friendly.<br />
-<strong> footfall</strong>. Saturday was very busy, but not overcrowded still, which was good, I do not like when people need to push through. Sunday was much quieter. I know this happens often (if not always) and still...<br />
-<strong> sales</strong>. This is a tricky one 😊 In general I've sold OK considering the time of year and my table position. There are two "buts" still. - the sales to the visitors were mainly of the lower price end. The two most expensive sales were to the other exhibitors. Obviously, people came for supplies and were very focused on it. I've received so many great comments on my stuff but sales were mainly of small and inexpensive items. And the second "but" - I've sold mostly on Saturday. If not one large sale to an exhibitor and good last minute sale to a visitor it would have been just lost day entirely.<br />
<strong>Summary</strong>: - will I do it the next year? Yes, I suppose. I do like an atmosphere, I have had lovely chats with the other exhibitors, I didn't feel tired at the end, I've bought lovely silks and very fine wool tops. And it's so close to home, just 40 mins of easy drive. Yes, I'd like to do it again!<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-26552782000738602222018-03-03T15:41:00.000+00:002018-03-03T15:41:11.475+00:00Year 2018 ScheduleI'm delighted to be accepted to this year Art in the Pen event in Thirsk. Being not well for a half of February I run out of time to create new pictures and make a proper good application. Fortunately I'm still through!<br />
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So this is my <u><span style="color: #0b5394;">list of events for the first half of the year 2018:</span></u><br />
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April 07-08 <a href="http://www.springintowool.co.uk/" target="_blank">Spring into wool</a> Leeds<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">April 26-29 <a href="https://www.flowershow.org.uk/" target="_blank">Harrogate Flower Show</a> Harrogate</span><br /><span style="color: black;">May 3-8 <a href="http://feltrosa.com/feltrosa-2018/" target="_blank">Felting festival Feltrosa</a> Cavareno, Italy</span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">July 21-22 <a href="http://www.artinthepen.org.uk/" target="_blank">Art in the Pen</a> , Thirsk</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">July 28 </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/YorkRiverArtMarket/" target="_blank">York River Art Market</a><span style="color: black;">, York</span><br /><span style="color: black;">August 4 </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/YorkRiverArtMarket/" target="_blank">York River Art Market</a><span style="color: black;">, York</span></span> <br />
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Then I will have my summer holiday with a family and back to work in September. The September-December events are to be confirmed yet.<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-12363193361429381772018-03-01T14:18:00.000+00:002018-03-01T14:18:05.267+00:00I suppose everyone in UK is stuck home with a snow blocked roads... I have two appointments cancelled today. But having felting at hand is very helpful!<br />
Will show two different tea cosies, both with poppy design but colours are varied and it makes all the difference:<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-54227384267145048972018-02-25T11:15:00.000+00:002018-02-25T11:15:42.599+00:00Back to work?Was struck with a flu and out of action for two weeks! So unfortunate! Being so busy, had to cancel a demonstration session with our York felters group. <br />
For a start want to show a new coffee pot cosy in subdued colours with delicate lavender flowers. Playing with a new style of pictures as well...<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-57849553863874226232018-01-18T14:53:00.000+00:002018-01-18T14:53:04.765+00:00Start of a new yearHow do you start a new year? I started with a few wool orders :) ! Have no idea where to put it but hope it will start me going.<br />
The first order has just arrived:<br />
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A few large batts from a <a href="https://www.ecohobby.info/" target="_blank">Bulgarian supplier</a> <br />
I have two scarves to show, the first I made at workshop December last year and finished last week. Double sided, very delicate, with plenty of hand dyed silks and luxurious fringe. Love it!<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-66727641266794483792017-12-08T20:33:00.000+00:002017-12-09T08:08:32.965+00:002017 SummaryAnother year gone (OK, nearly)! <br />
Check on achievements and failures year 2017...<br />
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- I did more fairs this year than the year before and more than I intended. Not sure it's an achievement :). In general I sold more but the expenses/stall fees were higher as well obviously. I need to go through the fair list and sort it out. I did a lot of fairs in York, which was my intention but will not do some again. I liked York river Art Market even with our unpredictable weather, will do it again. ETSY Made Local was good and it's nice to be a part of the team, will do it next year (if accepted). <a href="http://gone-felting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/masham-2017.html" target="_blank">Masham sheep festival</a> was great (the first day at least) and there I was invited to take part in two events, new for me:<br />
- <a href="http://www.springintowool.co.uk/" target="_blank">a wool event in Leeds</a> which is rather close to York. It's their second year and all whom I know were very positive about it. It's 7-8 April<br />
- Harrogate Flower Show. It's huge 4 day event with footfall 50 000+. It's about flowers and plants obviously, but they have a pavilion Crafts&Gifts. I hope some of these garden enthusiasts will pop it to see us crafters. I would certainly do considering that they charge £21 as an entrance fee! If I were a visitor I'd go through every single stall for these money:) It's 26-29 April<br />
These events are for the next year. <br />
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Looking to the similar post last December and checking my plans and what came out of it:<br />
- I'm not looking for a local shop to sell my stuff anymore. With all these new fairs I have enough opportunities to sell the variety I make.<br />
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- Crazy wool scarves I started to make last year were reasonably successful, I've sold quite a few and will keep working on them. And cushions in "wool stencilling" technique as well, quite pleased with it!<br />
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What's else... ETSY sales had stuck at the same level, no improvement.<br />
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I do not have plans for a next year apart from just keep going. I need to think about new products and new strategy of presenting and selling my pictures, but at the moment I feel a bit lost...Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-29800114126486216202017-11-20T15:44:00.000+00:002017-11-20T15:44:25.814+00:00Crafts in the Pen 2017A short report on the event. <br />
Crafts in the Pen is my main event of the year, so expectations were high as was pre-fair stress :) <br />
In general it was good this year as well but with a twist. A few twists actually.<br />
- it was really huge! 230 stalls and a quality of very high standards;<br />
- the footfall was 4370 against 2590 last year;<br />
- again a lot of people coming who had already bought some stuff from me, sometimes just to say hello and tell that my things are alive and doing well, which was really great. Thanks everyone even if you are not reading this!<br />
- the weather was really nice, I was well prepared and didn't got cold;<br />
- apart from overwhelming number of stalls, 1/3 of them were textile artists and 25 stalls doing just felt! Some customers comments that this year felt was everywhere.<br />
- with such massive number of stalls customers became bored, tired or just cold. They lost interest and forget to come back or just lost in the maze of streets. Some stallholders complained about the scale of the show and low takings. I happened to be in a good position in the very centre with good light but other could struggle when it became darker.<br />
I can't complain because I did OK but with somewhat mixed feeling :)<br />
I posted some pictures below of neighbouring stalls and to give an idea of the size of the show:<br />
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But I need some for a Skipton fair so that I had to make two more with similar design but was not going to show them in social media until the event is over, I need a good display there. Here are they:<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-62721680214365586822017-10-09T10:34:00.000+01:002017-10-09T10:34:15.591+01:00I'm SO crossed with ETSY!I am really crossed with some new ETSY policies! <br />
I usually have posted some my things on Pinterest, some of them with the links to my ETSY shop. They were pinned and re-pinned so that if somebody follows the link back to the ETSY shop the item was most probably sold. In this case ETSY's message was something like that: <em>Sorry, the item is not available, see what else the shop has to offer</em> and showed some items from the shop. Great! It was this way until recently.<br />
But now! If the situation is as above ETSY show the customer the array of similar items from the <u>different</u> shops and nothing from my shop! It means I work hard, make a unique piece, which attracts attention, bring the customer to ETSY - and all that for a benefit of the other sellers. It's unfair to say the least. But even if to put my feeling aside it's not very fair towards the customer! An example: a customer is coming from Pinterest to my ETSY shop to see my felted gadget case with floral design, say, poppy. Three features: my shop (i.e. my style), felted, poppy design. If the original piece is sold ETSY show the variety of cases which are NOT from my shop, NOT felted and NONE of them featured poppy! The only thing in common is CASE.<br />
I makes no sense, I hate it! Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-61713535323171563762017-10-02T08:01:00.000+01:002017-10-02T08:01:00.153+01:00Masham 2017My second Wool event at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mashamsheepfair/" target="_blank">Masham sheep fair</a>. One of my favorites! Nice venue, busy town, friendly people. good attendance. It was nice to meet some friends from the last year too! I did well last year and it was good this year as well. I like that I've sold a little bit of everything. I make a few pictures at the beginning of the second day, before we opened.<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-90075627471721382322017-09-15T15:07:00.000+01:002017-09-15T15:07:06.398+01:00Time management in Felting It's a bit of joke, of course :) !<br />
As the most of crafts the felting is a very time consuming hobby and there is a very little you could do to make it easier. And still! If you felt purely for hobby reason you can skip this post straight away. If you, like myself, not only make but sell sometimes and know about pre-fair frenzy and shortage of time - you may find it useful.<br />
At first I pinpoint the part of felting process which is the most tiresome or annoying. It could be very individual, some felters do not enjoy rolling, but rolling is fine with me because I usually listen to some book or workshop on youtube while rolling. My weakest points are preparing everything at the beginning (and putting everything back!) and laying the wool. <br />
For large fairs I need to make a lot of small items, very often in the same design but slightly individual still. I prefer to layout a few in one go because it saves me time on preparation and on choosing and getting out the boxes with the colours needed and so on. I can lay out a few items in the same design, say, with poppies - glasses cases, Kindle covers, tea cosies and so on. They are all different in pictures and scales but I use the same colours and similar compositions. I prefer to do the layouts one day and the felting the next day or even after whenever I have a few spare hours. One very intense and messy day of layout and felting and finishing later. <br />
The same with scarves, especially if they are of medium size - I can lay out two one day and then roll them together in one roll the next day. It will not save me a huge amount of time, but it will reduce the mess and give me more flexibility with my time.<br />
Of course it doesn't work for a large one off pieces when I need to focus on it entirely.<br />
As an example - I was working on pictures (they are relatively small) and laid out some small items in the similar design:<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-76950461644213779892017-09-07T22:03:00.000+01:002017-09-07T22:03:06.819+01:00Wholesale order and update In March I got a wholesale order for a few tea cosies and discussed this new kind of selling on <a href="http://feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/3260/wholesale?page=1&scrollTo=40732" target="_blank">Forum Here</a>. Everything went smoothly and today I have another offer from the same shop to make ten small size (8"x8") pictures which she is going to frame or use as a cushion panel. Again she is ready to pay upfront. <br />
I'm not very keen on large orders, getting tired and bored quickly, but still it's nice to be asked. <br />
I will post some pictures when I make them :) <br />
Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-53959733026356621092017-09-06T17:13:00.000+01:002017-09-06T17:13:09.862+01:00Feeling grumpy today (and often!) about Facebook! At first it's always large bold font for short posts! OK, I managed to cheat to avoid this nuisance. Then they offer you to make a background of the post in colours! Now my page is screaming with posts in large bold letters on the acid green/yellow colour! And they are mostly about the very trivial stuff. I do not mind people complaining about the weather but not that loud please! I know that I could unfollow some friends to stop seeing their posts and I did it twice (when some become overly political) but always with a heavy heart.<br />
Back to more cheerful things!<br />
I've tried using the technique of <a href="http://gone-felting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/samples.html" target="_blank">making textured felt</a> in scarves. See two of my first tries. They are very similar in colours and materials, more samples than finished pieces but I hope to make them proper pieces.<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-46144802806688675682017-08-08T14:00:00.000+01:002017-08-08T14:00:18.405+01:00Catch up for SummerShort catch up for June - July- early August 😊<br />
Have been VERY busy!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u>New techniques.</u></strong> </span><br />
After taking a <a href="http://gone-felting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/samples.html" target="_blank">course on a textured felt</a> I started to use these new techniques in my fish and cushions. I think it works well for these items:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u>New Fairs.</u></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have tried</span> <span style="font-size: small;">a new event this summer, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/YorkRiverArtMarket/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">York River Art Market</span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> and it happened to be quite good for me (and for the most of exhibitors I presume).</span><br />
I did two days, the weather on the day of the first one was very poor and still it was OK in sales. The second one, on the first Saturday of August was very good - a glorious weather, great location - a river work in the very centre of York. All in all it was very pleasant day and sales were high, at the same level as Xmas time. And it was so close to home ! Very pleased with the event, will do it again next year.<br />
Could you see the difference?<br />
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As for a Art in the Pen this year it was not as good as last year for me. May be I need to reconsider "my strategy" 😊<br />
Anyway I have finished with fairs for a while. The next one is Masham sheep festival the last weekend of September. <br />
At the moment I'm nearly off to Finland for a holiday and try to put everything felty aside. Back to felting in September.<br />
<br />Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-66783661103928147942017-05-31T10:09:00.000+01:002017-05-31T10:09:19.674+01:00Colours in 3-DI have asked for suggestions how to add new features and introduce some colour in bas relief technique I've learned at Feltrosa. Thanks to felters of <a href="http://feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/3359/asking-suggestions" target="_blank">feltandfiberstudio forum</a> I've got a lot of advices. <br />
This is my first try on colourful piece. I added colours and a bit of story, going to frame it as a picture.<br />
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In this technique you could get rather sharp edge, better distinction than in traditional work with coloured prefelt.<br />
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Felicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688027922458022520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402345708664138748.post-54299611457542111972017-05-16T16:30:00.000+01:002017-05-16T16:30:53.976+01:00Asking for suggestions!I'm a bit stuck!.. After a workshop at Feltrosa festival I was so enthusiastic about new bas relief technique!<br />
Apart from my first piece which was just a sample I had another go on it and made a kind of case with a rabbit shape on it. This time I've used my favourite Kap merino, which provides such a smooth surface. <br />
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It was not a hard work but when it came to a finishing the problem arose. Apart from bags and cases where this technique could be applied? Even bags and cases are to be of simple shape and plain in colour so that the relief stands out better. <br />
In this case I just added a small ceramic button as a closure:<br />
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Any suggestions to what the technique can be used for? Being restricted by colours (or rather by absence of it) and flat shapes I'm a bit lost!<br />
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