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Clasheen by Nicola Brown

http://www.clasheen.wordpress.com

Clasheen, the diary of a rural feltmaker. Follow Nicola through the various stages of setting up her own studio and entering the exciting world of textile design.

• Added on: May 22nd, 2008
• Country: Ireland
• Language: English

• Author: Nicola Brown
• Listed in: Fibre Mixed Media
• Tags: fabric felt felting merino nuno artlinks

Recent Posts

• Felt flowers and felting kits

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 06:59 in jewellery, etsy, felt, felting, wet felt, wet felting, felt flowers, flat felt, felt jewellery, felt vessel, felt flower

  This morning I had put time aside to take photos of my new felting kits and put them up on Etsy.  I am SOOOO frustrated as I write because now that I have found my camera I can’t find it’s charging station so uploading them will have t...

• Some simple felt accessories fit for a ball (well maybe an informal Golf Club dance!)

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 11:08 in fiber, fibre, felt, bag, purse, silk, clutch, felting, merino, wet felt, nuno, wet felting

  Tomorrow evening I have to show my face at the Golf Club Captain’s Dinner.  Being on a budget I was wracking my brain deciding what to wear (it is informal this year which is unusual) when to my absolute delight I found my ‘lost’ b...

• Another felt hat, answers to questions

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 11:55 in etsy, felt, silk, texture, felting, tactile, silk hankies, felt hat, silk chiffon, clasheen, icelandic wool, raspberry ripple

  I had great fun yesterday finishing the raspberry ripple felt hat and then was inspired to adjust the template slightly and make another, this time with a fresh green and white colour scheme.  I also wanted to try incorporating silk chiffon and s...

• New felt hat, an experiment with Icelandic wool

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 05:04 in white, etsy, felt, batik, scrim, resist, felting, merino, felt hat, icelandic wool, grennan mill craft school, alex meldrum

  Yesterday afternoon I was just able to grab an hour and a half to try out a felt hat as an experiment with the Icelandic wool.  Some of you have been asking how coarse the wool is and is it suitable for wearables, in her book ‘Uniquely Felt...

• Today’s workshop using brilliant colour and texture

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 12:23 in felt, workshops, texture, felt hat, flat felt, icelandic wool, felting workshop, fun felt workshop

  Embellishing the surfaceOne of my favourite things about felting is the variety of textures achievable, both by the addition of surface materials and the way we lay out the wool either evenly or randomly. At the fun flat felt workshop today I showed...

• Silk laps again and still tidying!

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 14:18 in felt, workshops, silk, wool, workshop, felting, swaps, ica, wet felt, wet felting, clasheen, silk laps

  In response to some of your comments re. the silk laps I also find that they can ‘catch’ your skin as you are laying them out but definitely not as much as silk hankies do. What I like to do if my hands are dry is to rub them in olive oi...

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Sue

A fellow fiber arts/felter friend, and wonderfully talented artist!

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