Hungarian Rhapsody- Part 7

Cutting the project open...

                                                     ...and removing the resist.

                                                Continuing the felting process...

                                               ...by turning the tote inside-out...

                                     ...and working it in this orientation for awhile.

                                                     The finished tote (back)...

                                                               ...and front.

                                             Stuffed with plastic during blocking...

                                          ...and drying in our hotel room in Györ.
      

                                  Next time: a visit to our instructor's art-filled home!

Woven Pre-Felt Experiment with Silk Gauze

Alternating strips of brightly colored pre-felt...

                                                ...and strips of painter's plastic...

                                                      ...(cut to the same width)...

                                                     ...to form a woven grid.

                                                     Wetting out the project...

                                       ...and covering it with a layer of silk gauze.

                                                   Mid-way through felting...

                        ...the colored fibers are beginning to migrate through the silk...

                                   ...and the plastic strips have rolled up into cords.

                                                           Fulling the project.

                                      Overall, I consider this a failed experiment...

                   ...as the intentional gaps left from the insertion of the plastic strips...

                                        ...were ultimately not all that interesting. :(

Next time: something that actually worked! :)