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Hooked On Felt | December 19th 2009 by Suzanne Higgs
Seriously, I am still a bit dazed over the whole 10 day show thing. While I am thinking felt, I am not making felt. I think it must be that time when the ideas store up and then will burst forth at some later date. The time now is spent looking for read more
Horse....Mule....Horse....Mule
Hooked On Felt | December 17th 2009 by Suzanne Higgs
"Usually, we live peaceably together, except there was the time when he sold him a horse, but delivered a mule." ...a line from one of my favorite stage plays, Fiddler on the Roof. I think that is how I would sum up the total experience of the 10 day read more
Felting kits for sale in my Etsy store at last!
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | December 9th 2009 by Nicola Brown
My first batch of felting kits are finally up for sale in my Etsy store as of this afternoon. I can’t believe how long it has taken to get to this stage, really I am kicking myself they were not up earlier but truthfully I just seem to have read more
New tutorial, felting kits and photos as promised of the nuno fel…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | December 4th 2009 by Nicola Brown
At last I have my flat felting tutorial written and can start to put up my felting kits for sale in my Etsy store! It needed the craft fair this weekend to really focus me, not having access to a printer at the moment is a big pain but hopefully ne read more
Nuno felting, to compliment or contrast?
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | December 3rd 2009 by Nicola Brown
Just a quick post today as I continue preparations for Saturday’s workshops and Sunday’s craft fair at Raheen. Yesterday I made two sweet scarflettes using some of the gorgeous printed silk that I bought recently at Threads of Green in read more
More current work
colourstudio-fiberfanatic | November 25th 2009 by lyn griffiths
I'm busy working on a collected cloth made up of individual Nuno felt samples, which is growing rather more slowly than my blue one.This is white and cream but the chair I draped it on is black, hence it isn't as pure white in this picture.I am read more
Raw Fleece
Midwest Fiber Artist | November 22nd 2009
I wanted to try my hand at raw fleece and so I acquired some lamb’s wool from a very accommodating Icelandic herder, of Whippoorwill Farm, David, an accomplished oil painter, Please check out his oil painting which I adore his rendition of morni read more
Two Silk Laminate Scarves
Hooked On Felt | November 22nd 2009 by Suzanne Higgs
Some time ago I dyed these scarves, and do to the winter weather that will soon be upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere, I decided to nuno or laminate felt them. If you click on the photo, you'll notice a difference in the pucker of the scarves. T read more
Putz'en around
Hooked On Felt | November 21st 2009 by Suzanne Higgs
Added some sprites to the a fore shown purple hat and made a couple of nuno/laminate felt scarves today. The other is still drying so I'll try to get the photos of it up for you tomorrow. It's time for a glass of wine, feet up and relax. The wrap is read more
Works in Process
Midwest Fiber Artist | November 15th 2009
NO pictures today. I am in the process of making holiday gifts, I began and completed five alpaca wrist cuffs and oooohhhhhh they are so incredibly supple and soft to touch. I will be attaching a metal snap that will fasten the two edges together, read more
Ok, so I did do some felting....
Hooked On Felt | November 14th 2009 by Suzanne Higgs
At the Midwest Felting Symposium two years ago, I purchased this silk from Lori Flood. So while I am on the hat making hiatus, I was able to make this laminate/nuno felt wit my right arm only. While some prefer the wool side of laminate felt, I pref read more
Nuno Felt
Ana Hochegger | November 14th 2009 by Ana
Boa Noite!Postando algumas peças em Nuno Felt.Eu as coloquei na minha Loja XalesFrau.etsy.comMas não deixei de lado o tear triangular...continuo tecendo, e amando isto.No cabeçalho de meu Blog coloquei fotos "deliciosos momentos natalinos/08"Alm read more
Some simple felt accessories fit for a ball (well maybe an inform…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | November 12th 2009 by Nicola Brown
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 read more
Creating nuno felt incorporating cotton gauze and beautiful silk…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | November 5th 2009 by Nicola Brown
As mentioned previously, I was furious with myself for not buying any hand dyed silk laps at the Knit and Stitch Show in Dublin last year.  Basically they are like a really huge silk hankie and perfect for adding vibrant colour and texture to any read more
Printing is fun ….. collagraphs on felt! Pictures of the nuno,…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 25th 2009 by Nicola Brown
What an exciting day I had yesterday. Because I really didn’t know exactly what we would be doing at the South East Textile Group monthly workshop I was totally floored to discover that we would be learning how to print collagraphs on to read more
Printing on felt
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 24th 2009 by Nicola Brown
Printing on felt is one surface decoration that I have not tried yet but hopefully today will change all that! I am just off now for my monthly workshop (have missed all during the summer unfortunately) with the South East Textile Group and appar read more
Merino, silk and linen combination, an experiment in nuno felt, f…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 23rd 2009 by Nicola Brown
Well, my package of fibres and fabric was every bit as good as anticipated! In particular I was delighted with both the dark grey and the zebra striped 16 micron merino as well as the dyed linen (or flax) fibre and the ponge silk. I have work read more
Felting supplies, winter workshops at Clasheen and computer probl…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 22nd 2009 by Nicola Brown
My first really large order of wool and fibre arrived this morning and in a couple of minutes I have the great task of opening the box and delving into all the yummy contents! A lot of this order is actually for myself and not to resell but will b read more
My nuno felt skirt!
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 19th 2009 by Nicola Brown
I thought it was about time that I uploaded some images of the nuno mosaic skirt that I made during German felter Sigrid Bannier’s visit to Ireland during August. Felt skirt and wrap outside Kilkenny Castle The main body of the skirt is made f read more
Wool and silk on order, felting kit update!
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 16th 2009 by Nicola Brown
Following on from my last post, the Icelandic wool that I have ordered is on its way and I am also now waiting for some silk chiffon and ponge silk to get here in preparation for a nuno felting marathon in the run up to December (note how I managed read more
Exciting news re. felting wool, Clasheen Autumn Swap and last cha…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 13th 2009 by Nicola Brown
There never seem to be enough hours in a day to fit in all the things that I really want to do. Luckily my flu is now 90% over so I am starting to plough through all the paperwork and outstanding letters/emails etc. that built up over the 4 weeks read more
Cropped felt top, submission for ‘The climate is Changing’ an…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 11th 2009 by Nicola Brown
My flu appears to have abated somewhat so I am taking this opportunity of posting about the very exciting top that I felted for myself this week while getting fed and minded like a baby at Carmen’s! I really hate sewing and for a long time read more
Fantastic nuno mosaic felting workshop at Urban Fauna Studio
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | October 5th 2009 by Nicola Brown
I had a WONDERFUL time at Urban Fauna Studio on my last full day in the States! Blas and Jamie have a superb set up, wonderful fibres, yarns, books and notions etc. all neatly laid out in a small but practical space in a quiet part of the Mission read more
Nuno mosaic workshop confirmed for San Fransisco!
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | August 20th 2009 by Nicola Brown
Thanks so much to fellow felter Nancy Schwab for helping me organise my first felting workshop in America. Nancy contacted Jamie from Urban Fauna Studio and hey presto, we are up and running with a nuno mosaic day on Thursday 1st October at her go read more
More flowers and images of two new nuno mosaic scarves
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | August 18th 2009 by Nicola Brown
I am really putting my mind down to making these flowers for my piece at Sculpture in Context. Since Sunday morning I have made over 400 of them so in search of light relief I also made two mosaic nuno scarves ‘a la Sigrid Bannier’ wit read more
Brilliant start to the felting workshops and images of the felt b…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | August 5th 2009 by Nicola Brown
Today we have completed our first day of Sigrid’s workshops and everyone left extremely happy with the result of all their efforts! Three of the participants were total beginners and the other three visitors were experienced felters. The w read more
‘Felt in Focus’ group on Flickr and Sigrid Bannier’s arriva…
Clasheen by Nicola Brown | July 28th 2009 by Nicola Brown
Before I left Denmark to travel home to Ireland I borrowed Holly’s computer and set up a Flickr group for ‘Felt in Focus’. The idea for this is that the participants and organisers can share photos and continue friendships by par read more
Thrifty Thursdays- Wrap Yourself In Silk with Akinamina
A Year & A Half...A Wedding Resource Of The Uncommon | July 22nd 2009 by Sana
Shop The ColorColored with a spectrum of pastel hues, this original Light Apricot Silk & Nuno Felted Scarf  ($45 usd) by Akinamina reflects a balance of style and sophistication.Where To WearEasily lit by rays of sun, this wrap is certain to c read more
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