Wool felt cats hanging or mattress 貓貓掛畫 / 地氈

 

Welcome to my studio. The two cats at the door are waiting for you.

  

My wool felt doorstep mattress or a wall hanging that........

my cat Mogi has contribution.......

Since he's with us for  four years I've been keeping his hair after brushing. I know I'll do something with them.  

 See this fluffy brat, his hair is so fine, some may be only 16m.

 Yesterday I made a wool felt picture with Mogi's hair.  Started layering the cats shape. The white cat  is all with his hair, the others are assorted raw fleece from my sweet neighbor.  

 

I used the bits and bats from previous projects for the bottom decoration.

 

After layering the surface I turned it over.

 Covered it with my "not-so-good" natural printed chiffon as backing.

 After an hour of layering, ready to wet felt. 

 Another hour of rubbing and rolling, here came the picture.  My intention was just to make two cats back, leave it as "Looking forward to" but found it plain.

 Decided to do stitches along the cat shapes to bring the outlines and made eyes.

 Cat with facial expression looks better.

 

A picture, a wall hanging.....

 

 a mattress in my tiny studio or whatever it serves.

 

 I've already made three pieces of hanging with the raw fleece my neighbor gave me.   Really crazy about raw fleece.  They smell great while making and the textures are wonderful that give me lots of creation.

 

 Cats of black & white are always my favour. 

 

 Mogi's hair felts so easy.

"Hmmmmm, I hate brushing but can't believe I've some contribution in mum's creation.",

 Ever since I encountered wool felt, I know cat's and dog's hair are workable. I always encourage my friends to keep their pets' hair and I can do something with them.  These are the stuff I made for friends with their cat's and dog's hair.  Quite a nice keepsake for their loved family members.

Art or craft piece 工藝創作

The versatility of wool is incredible. Not only flat pieces or wearables can be made but a 3D subject is dorable. My friend asked if I'm keen to explore in the field of wool felt.  I said I deep buried in the experiment.  I hope to create not only a piece of craft but an art piece would be my expectation.  Today is hot but I image the white wool is snow that keeps me cool.  I do wool felt all the year round.

  I made this sculpture. 

朋友問我老遠跑去學羊毛氈工藝可會專注在這方面的發展, 我說這是興趣,  羊毛實在是可塑性甚高的物料, 我要發拙這不但是冬日衣物的材料, 也是立體雕塑的好物料, 今日雖然酷熱, 我仍很享受製作這立體瓶子的過程, 幻想那雪白是冰雪不就涼快麼 !

I used merino wool, raw fleece from Viltalakim and my own dyed silk scraps, also a sea shell.

Layer of wool.

These curly locks are wonderful to work with.

A piece from soft wool to a 3D sculpture

The brown texture is nuno felt of silk scrap.

The other side a sea shell is enclosed.

Close up of the sea shell.

I rounded the top with some air roots of bayan tree.

Can be a vase.

A plant holder.

Or an art piece?

Whatever it serves.........

it's something I love.

They're proudly displayed in my house.

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