Wet Felted Tree Canopy

Wet Felted Tree Canopy Experimental Piece

Annie

Following on from our last blog post here is the first tree canopy experiment, made from layers of scraps of open weave fabrics, snips of prefelts, nepps, yarns, wool fibres …  it was fun to make, with no pressure for it to become something….just playing, adding layers, seeing what happened! 

I think it turned out pretty well although it’s hard to know when to stop when you’re enjoying the process!  Also I keep thinking “what if I did this…”, “what if I tried that…”

It’s currently set aside to dry then I’ll need to decide whether to leave it as it is or use it for further experimentation - perhaps by cutting it into smaller pieces to try stitching, painting, needling on it….hmmmm……I’ll leave it for a little while then look again with fresh eyes. 

This piece is approx 62cm x 62cm.  It is a bit thicker than I was initially thinking I might make, but I will make a lighter weight version too. I’ve got a list of ideas on the subject, and more brewing, so am itching to do them!  That’s the thing with creative experimentation, the more you do the more ideas you get along the way!  

Here are some photos of stages of the process start to finish and a couple of my inspiration photos too.