The process of mokume shibori is incredibly labor & time intensive, but boy does it work beautifully! The goal is to create the effect of a tree's bark, both in dye resist and in thermal forming of the handmade wool felt. First up is the stitching of the fabric... Next up, the tightening …
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Experiments in Wet Felting
For me, there is not much more daunting a task for a teacher than lecturing to teachers. I enjoy taking on tasks that scare me, and this is one of them - the Southern Vermont Educators Symposium. Each year, this event tasks me with lecturing educators on a topic I hold very dear to my heart— …
Mokume Shibori Stitching complete!
Finally done with all the fine running stitches, 36 rows total. though it may not look it, this piece of green handmade wool felt used to be about ten inches wide, now pulled taut to around four inches or so. The plan is to overdye this with a blending of silver blue, and a dash of black to give the …