Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Woven Gauze Table Runner

A couple of years ago...

...I purchased a length of oddly woven cotton gauze...


                        ...thinking that it might be fun to try it in a nuno project one day.



                                                   Well, today's the day! :)



                                 After laying out two layers of fiber from an art batt...



                                          ...I cover the wool with cotton gauze...



                                                       ...and begin felting.



                                         Mid-way through felting (the back side)...



                                                          ...and the front.



                                    Note how the colors from the multi-hued batt...

                                        ...are starting to 'peep' through the gauze.



                                               The finished table runner (front)...



                                                              ...and back.


                               If you look quite closely, you can discern the pattern...



                         ...but it's not as dramatic an effect as I originally expected.



                            (If I make another one, I think I'll use wool in just one color.)

2 comments:

Rachel said...

You could maybe get a similar effect by pulling threads from a piece of gauze, but tweaking it to let more of the colours of the batt peep through...

Heather Woollove said...

Rachel- Great idea for when I run out of this weird gauze!! :)