Nuno felting

Grasping the concept of felting, the process of meshing fibers together to create felt, isn’t too difficult, and in fact, felting can be a fantastic creative outlet and hobby. When you begin to explore some of the lesser-known techniques, however, things can start to get a little confusing. What’s the difference between wet felting and nuno felting?

Two weeks ago my friend Antoinette and I got together in her beautiful backyard to batik some silk fabric which we would later nuno felt. For more information on the batik process click HERE. Yesterday we got together at my house for the nuno felting portion of our textile adventure. I had hand dyed some wool roving and other silks to coordinate with the batiks we did. I started off with a piece of the batiked silk 132" long by 19" wide and after the felting process, the finished scarf was…

textile art showcase

I have been wanting to try this for YEARS! As usual, I collect “stuff” before hand, as I just know that I will do this someday. Well, well, someday finally came! I drove to The Tin Thim…

In this project we’re going to experiment with the nuno felt technique to see how tulle fuses with natural fibres. We're going to lay out the first layer.

Posts about nuno felt written by Flextiles

Super fine Australian merino wool, tussah silk, cotton gauze fabric, different yarn. Length 77 1/4" (196 cm) Width 8 3/4" - 11" (22 - 28 сm) Weight 4 oz (114 gm)

50/50 Extrafine Australian merino wool / mulberry silk, tencel top, wool locks, silk yarn, silk fiber, silk gauze fabric, cotton gauze fabric. Length 82 3/4" (210 cm) Width 18 1/2" (47 сm)

50/50 Extra fine Australian merino wool / mulberry silk, silk ponge fabric. Length 28 1/3" (72 cm) Width 6" - 7 1/2" (15-19 сm) Weight 2,15 oz (61 gm)

A blog about nuno felted seamless garments and accessories, mah jongg jewelry, Studio 907, nuno felting workshops, Beth Marx, So Cal

I thought that I would follow up my nuno felting workshop with some photos of nuno felt work done by some of out gallery members. Paig...

Superfine Australian merino wool, silk fabric. Length 55 " (140 cm) Width 8 2/3 " (22 сm)

50/50 extra fine Australian merino wool / mulberry silk, cotton gauze fabric, silk yarn. Length without fringe 86 1/2" (220 cm) Width 15 3/4” ( 40 сm) Weight 2,5 oz (72 gm)

50/50 mulberry silk / extra fine Australian merino wool, cotton gauze fabric. Length 83 1/2" (212 cm) Width 16 1/2" ( 42 сm) Weight 4,85 oz (136 gm)