I went to a wet felting workshop on February 29 (Leap Day) at the West Grey Public Library and everyone in the group came away with a lovely piece of pre-felt. It was a really good experience taking the loose fiber and turning it into a quite stable piece of felt. Time was tight so it's amazing how strong the pre-felt is considering so many steps were abbreviated or skipped. Our fearless leader Kimm was aware of the time constraint and ushered us along so we'd have something useable to take home. Bravo!
Here's Kimm's. As per usual, the instructor was too busy guiding the group and her own piece got neglected. Kimm was going to toss it but I hate seeing fiber go to waste and was drawn to the colors so she gave it to me to salvage.
As you know, abstract is not my thing. Also, I would never have chosen this color combination (for example, see my pre-felt: practical and, you can say it, ordinary). So here I was with this organic mis-shapen thing that was calling out to be "found". I took on the challenge, deciding not to alter it too much.
What did I see? I saw a tunnel leading to an open space, and on the right the shape of a woman or a tree-woman. (Turned sideways, Mom saw a butterfly).
After washing and drying it, I felted it to a piece of sparkly, black felt. Then, using the little loose piece, I added a head to the woman shape and marked out a path. I added some dark green around the outer edges and yellow and white to the faery glade that the path leads to. I added moonlight to the path.
And finally some locks to really push for a forest look.
I really enjoyed this challenge, thanks Kimm! I wish I had more salvage to work with as it really made me think outside my usual creations.
And thanks to the Library for hosting this workshop! Check out your local library to see what they're up to!
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