The Complete Photo Guide to Felting

by Lane, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9781589236981
• ISBN10: 158923698X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-01
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

This richly illustrated how-to book is a comprehensive reference for various felting techniques, including needle felting, wet felting, felt inlay, and nuno felting. With these easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions and hundreds of full-color photos, you’ll be able to explore these easy projects that provide fun opportunities for you to try the techniques. Galleries of unique felted designs and creations by renowned fabric artistsact as beautiful examples and inspiration to pursue the hobby yourself.

Author Biography

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Ruth Lane is a self-taught fiber artist who loves to create one-of-a-kind fiber art pieces and play with a wide variety of materials, including wool, silk, fabrics, yarns, and threads. She is also the author of the book Complete Photo Guide to Felting and has taught and written tutorials about a variety of feltmaking techniques, including basic wet felting, nuno felting, and making 3D felt objects using a resist. A long-time member of the Felting Forum, an online forum of 2,500 feltmakers from around the world, she also blogs about felting and other fiber arts at permutationsinfiber.wordpress.com. Ruth co-owns a fine craft gallery, The Purple Pomegranate, which represents more than 180 American artists whose work includes jewelry, ceramics, metalwork, mixed media, woodworking, glass, fiber, prints, and paintings. She lives in Kalispell, Montana.

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Brief History of Felting

All About Wool and Other Fibers

Sheep and Wool Varieties

Other Fibers that Felt

Local Fiber Mills and Fiber Festivals

Embellishment Fibers

Preparing to Felt

Fiber Preparation

Dyeing

Inspiration and Design

Traditional Wet Felting

Equipment and Supplies

Techniques

Nuno or Laminate Felting

Equipment and Supplies

Techniques

Needle Felting

Equipment and Supplies

Techniques

Gallery

Glossary of Terms

Resources

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index