Felt art carpet THE PATH OF LIGHT

http://www.etsy.com/listing/172282071/felt-art-carpet-the-way-of-light-pure

The inspiration for my project came from the energy that creates everything in our life and the universe, everything that is a balance, plus and minus, Yin and Yang, the double helix, the eyes of God ...

Actually this is the Path of Light, which is implemented and materialized!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/172282071/felt-art-carpet-the-way-of-light-pure 

Very long time I thought how to do everything to mine almost without help, only with my powers, because everything I do only by hand and the felting process by this large size is really incredibly hard.

Of course, to make such felt carpet is needed a bit more experience and so much, a lot of desire, because there were moments in which to me was very hard, physically hard by physical labor, that I would come to drop, but I decided to finish the job ... and the carpet was bound to happen! :)

This was the beginning - an idea that had to mature a few years :)

From the small sketch of the project "The Way of Light"
to finished woolen rug size 2.30 m the way was long :).

My participation in the exhibition "Before Christmas" was the incentive and turning point for the realization of the long-standing project!

Natural grey-brown shade of wool for the base.
This is the beginning of a large carpet whose design has long matured in me.
Will be called The Way of Light. A lot of work!

The difficulty is that everything is great in the beginning - starting base size should be at about 70% -100% greater than the final. 

This is a working stage a few days later.
The carpet has a diameter of 2.50 meters, the phase of prefelt,
acquired a round shape and partial decoration after several days work.
Forthcoming further design work and should the heaviest part in the final felting process.

One of the working stages of felt carpet "The Path of Light"

Large carpet now is ready for the final wet felting for that I'll need of little help. 

The large carpet THE PATH OF LIGHT wetted and rolled for wet felting -
the hardest part of the process after many days working on the design and initial shaping.

It was incredibly heavy and difficult to move, but the desire to finish it was so great that after many days of hard labor.

Felting process is comparable to hard labor, and the wool by wetting increases about 4 times its weight - this carpet wet weighed more than 20 kg and can only be rolled and it was pretty hard. 

Well, I didn't lost a weight, but maybe I'm tightened some muscles ;)

It finally gained its final shape that you see in the next photo.

THE PATH OF LIGHT! Finally finished! Size 2.30 m X 2.0 m,
oval, 100% wool, thickness from 1 to 1.5 cm, hand felted by me almost without any male help :)
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My husband really helped me with only by two windings of the carpet in a roll for the wet felting and passing it to the bathroom finally for finishing and final wash (and for the shooting, of course ;).

THE PATH OF LIGHT. Artist - Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt. 
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Size: approximately 2.30 x 2 meters = 90.6 x 78.7 inches,
thickness at about 1 - 1.5 cm = 0.4 - 0.6 inches.
Net weight: 4,5 kg. 

On the floor or on the wall this woolen rug will warm the atmosphere of your home with its warm colors and the light that emanates from it!

The carpet PATH OF LIGHT was shown on the exhibition BEFORE CHRISTMAS in Varna city, Bulgaria,
19 Nov.-3 Dec. 2013, http://www.etsy.com/listing/172282071/felt-art-carpet-the-way-of-light-pure 

Material:

Fully natural, ecological clean Bulgarian wool in grey-brown and white natural wool color shade.
Dry felting and wet felting techniques.
Completely handmade it is a fruit by hard working many days!

The carpet PATH OF LIGHT was shown on the exhibition BEFORE CHRISTMAS in Varna city, Bulgaria,
19 Nov.-3 Dec. 2013. Composition with felted clouds (sheeps).
http://www.etsy.com/listing/172282071/felt-art-carpet-the-way-of-light-pure 

Hanging:
This art carpet can be used as wall hanging (wall panel) too. It is not heavy (only 4,5 kg).
You can hang it in the direction that you like the most.
Hang it by putting a long wooden stick(s) (e.g. bamboo) or metal rod(s) and then sew it with fishing line or strong thread to the back of the carpet, and then hang it on the wall too.

The carpet PATH OF LIGHT was shown on the exhibition BEFORE CHRISTMAS in Varna city, Bulgaria,
19 Nov.-3 Dec. 2013, http://www.etsy.com/listing/172282071/felt-art-carpet-the-way-of-light-pure 

Cleaning methods: 

You can just clean the dust. There is no need of often washing or cleaning.
In case of need you can wash it.

Machine washing:
This art object is so big, but if you can put it in the washing machine it can be washed there.
Machine washing on wool program up to 30ºC using gentle washing liquid or powder suitable for wool. It is better to wash with program without centrifuge cycle!

Hand washing is preferable!
For washing you can use the bathtub, large wash basin or baby tub for bathing.
Please, have in mind that the wet wool increased its weight so much, which complicated the process of hand washing.

Please, have in mind that hand wash is permissible by gentle washing agents suitable for wool.
Rinse well to completely rinse the soap foam. In the final rinse add in water a little vinegar to neutralize the remnants of soap (in proportion at about 1 table spoon vinegar in 1 liter water) at last rinsing. Do that, you can rinse again with clear water to remove the smell of vinegar.

Let it to drain well. Please, press out the water carefully by hand and/or by foot.
You can absorb excess water with a cotton towel.
Dry free on air only on the horizontal surface and do not hang up, when it is wet!
It dries slowly, especially when the weather is cold and wet.

Please, do not dry in a dryer!

Detailed information on cleaning and washing the wool clothes and accessories you can find in my article: http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-wash-our-clothes-and-accessories.html

Possible dry cleaning.

Shipping:
The carpet is ready for shipment.
The price is for transportation is for Registered Priority Mail with tracking number, which you can check and see its status and movement here: http://www.track-trace.com/ .

This carpet is listed in my Etsy shop LanAArt, where you can see it, check transport costs and buy it, if you like. 

If you have any more questions about this my art work, do not hesitate to ask me. 

Dream 

+ Love 

+ Intention 

+ Action 

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THE WAY OF LIGHT

Sincerely,

Svetlana Kostova

LAnAArt

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/

Felt art picture BIRDS OF PARADISE

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BIRDS of PARADISE - picture, tapestry, wall hanging, wet felting, by Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt 

Detail of felt art Birds of Paradise. http://www.etsy.com/listing/114498675/felt-art-birds-of-paradise-picture

Multidimensional worlds! Interpenetrating universes!

Bright colors and fantastic shapes!

  

Swimming birds and flying fishes that inhabit the imagination!

Birds of Paradise!

I created this picture of wool in a felt technique at the end of 2012 at a time of vigorously awaiting of great shift in which the worlds merge, forms overflow, and dreams about a more beautiful world becomes increasingly dense, bright and more pretty.

Lightweight chaos is the result of this period of general change and movement in all layers of reality and consciousness, but it is also a symbol of life - this eternal birth and self-generating process of crossing the Spirit into matter and vice versa. 

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/114498675/birds-of-paradise-felted-art-picture 

In fact the theme of the wall hanging is a celebration of life - everlasting, exciting and beautiful, colorful and multi-dimensional.

Different to our senses in manifestation, but united in its integrity!

Heavens towards which we aspire, but that we actually permanently create!

The Paradise, where we really live!

And this Paradise is possible and affordable, even just we to assume to change our perceptions to feel multidimensional reality in which we are immersed, and that we really are!

You can see these so unique birds in the series of video clips in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLttRvLKj7SJY-_tY4eDYkfP3ZCjsUkwYn .
When I created the felt art tapestry I was not seen those movies. The textile picture is the fruit of pure inspiration! How nice is that this work of Mother Nature somehow can be felt by the invisible senses, and when you see that it really exists, you are amazed!

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I offer this felt art carpet in my Etsy shop LanAArt: http://www.etsy.com/listing/114498675/sale-of-felt-art-birds-of-paradise

The size of the picture Birds of Paradise is 70 x 63 cm, = 27 x 25 inches,
thickness is at about 8 mm = 0,3 inch.

Material:
Ecological clean Bulgariаn wool, wet felting technique.

It is created of different types of wool, most of them I have dyed personally.

Some of the colors I've dyed with extract of natural leaves.

Others are in the wool's natural shades.

Hanging:

This art work can be used as wall hanging (wall pannel) or framed picture.

You can hang the picture horizontally or vertically, i.e. in the direction that you like the most, by bringing the fishing line, thread or some other type of suspension.

Very appropriate is, this picture to be framed in a volumetric frame with or without glass. Appropriate framework, for example, can be found in IKEA stores.
I offer the picture unframed.

Cleaning methods:

You can just clean the dust. There is no need of often washing or cleaning.
In case of need you can wash it. HAND WASHING IS RECOMMENDED!
Water temperature must be up to 30 degrees Celsius.

Please, have in mind that hand wash is permissible by gentle washing agents suitable for wool. After washing, please rinse well and add some vinegar (in proportion at about 1 table spoon vinegar in 1 lt water) at last rinsing. Do that, you can rinse again with clear water to remove the smell of vinegar.

After that, please, press out the water carefully by hand.

Please, do not twist! Let moisture to drain freely. Absorb excess water with a cotton towel.
Let dry free on air.

Please, do not hang - dry on a flat surface avoiding direct sunlight!
Please, do not dry in a dryer!                                

You can iron it under a cotton cloth with or without steam on the temperature for wool.

If you still have questions about the tapestry Birds of Paradise, please feel free to ask me :).

This my work was shown at the exhibition of applied arts, organized by the Art Gallery Darzalas in the hall of Radio Bulgaria in the period from November 19th to December 3th, 2013. http://www.facebook.com/events/389611411172123/

Svetlana Kostova - LAnAArt

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/

Плъстено пано РАЙСКИ ПТИЦИ

The text in English is here: 

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/2013/11/felt-art-picture-birds-of-paradise.html

РАЙСКИ ПТИЦИ - картина (пано), техника мокър филц,

автор Светлана Костова - ЛАнААрт http://www.etsy.com/listing/114498675/birds-of-paradise-felted-art-picture

           

Многоизмерни светове! Взаимнопроникващи се вселени! 

Ярки багри и фантазни форми!

Плаващи птици и летящи риби, които населяват въображението! 

Създадох тази картина от вълна в техника плъсти (филц) в края на 2012 година във време на трепетно очакване на промяна, в която световете се сливат, формите се преливат, а мечтите за по-красив свят стават все по плътни, ярки и красиви.

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Леката хаотичност е плод на това време на всеобща промяна и движение във всички пластове на реалността и съзнанието, но тя е и символ на живота - този вечно раждащ и самопораждащ се процес на преминаване на Духа в материя и обратно.

Всъщност темата на паното е празникът на Живота - вечно съществуващ, вълнуващ и красив, цветен и многоизмерен.

Различен за сетивата ни в Проявлението, но и единен в целостта си! 

Раят, към който се стремим, но който всъщност творим! Раят, в който реално живеем!

И този Рай е възможен и достъпен, дори само ако допуснем да променим възприятията си и усетим многоизмерната реалност, в която сме потопени и която всъщност сме ние!

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Може да видите тези толкова уникални птици в поредица видео клипове в YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLttRvLKj7SJY-_tY4eDYkfP3ZCjsUkwYn .
Когато създавах паното, не бях гледала тези филми. То е плод на чисто вдъхновение! Колко хубаво е, че творението на Майката Природа някак си може да се усети с невидимите сетива, а когато откриеш, че реално съществува, това те изумява! 

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Размерът на паното РАЙСКИ ПТИЦИ е 70 x 63 см, дебелина ок. 8 мм.

Материалът е българска вълна, различни видове, повечето от които съм багрила собственоръчно, а някои с естествени багрила. Други са в естествените за вълната бяло и сиво.

Тази творба може да бъде изложена като пано или рамкирана картина.

Може да я окачите, в която посока искате и по начина, по който най-много я харесвате чрез прекарване на рибарска корда, конец или някакво подходящо въженце.

Много подходящо е тази картина да бъде поставена в обемна рамка със или без стъкло. Подобни рамки например има в магазините ИКЕА, макар че там може би няма подходящ размер.

Аз предлагам паното без рамка.

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Начини на почистване:

Може просто да почиствате от време на време праха.

Няма нужда от често почистване или пране.

Ако все пак се налага, като всеки текстил, може да изперете плъстта внимателно на ръка при температура до 30 градуса Целзий.

Моля Ви, имайте предвид, че ръчното пране се извършва в студена или хладка вода с нежни перилни препарати, подходящи за вълна. След изпиране изплакнете добре, без да сменяте температурата на водата и добавете малко оцет при последното изплакване в съотношение около 1 супена лъжица оцет на 1 литър вода. Правейки това, може да изплакнете отново с чиста вода, за да премахнете мириса на оцет, ако има остатъчен такъв.

Моля Ви, не извивайте! Оставете да се отцеди и изтискайте внимателно с ръце. Попийте излишната вода с памучна хавлина кърпа. Оставете да изсъхне свободно на въздух в хоризонтално положение.

Моля, не провесвайте паното на простора вертикално.

Не излагайте на директна слънчева светлина.

Може да го гладите под памучна кърпа с или без пара на температура за вълна.

Ако имате още въпроси относно паното РАЙСКИ ПТИЦИ, моля, чувствайте се свободни да ме попитате :).

Паното може да закупите освен от магазина ми LanAArt в Etsy и лично от мен в ателието ми, като при това ще получите голяма отстъпка!

                                          

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Tова мое произведение беше показано пред публика по време на изложбата на приложни изкуства, организирана от галерия Дарзалас в Арт салона на Радио Варна в периода от 19.11. до 3.12.2013 г. http://www.facebook.com/events/389611411172123/

Светлана Костова - ЛАнААрт

http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/

What is a felt, Filz or vilt?

The Wool - Reinvented material - ancient as humankind, modern nowadays!

 

As a part of the general trend of turning to natural materials in our lives triumphantly is returning an ancient material that accompanied mankind since the dawn of its existence - the wool!

 

This precious material who became 2-3 centuries ago the reason for the industrial revolution (remember England), sometimes was reviled, ignored or considered as a plain and simple in the recent past, is about to get a new, different fame - that of a tool for creative expression and uniqueness.

 

The techniques through which the formless pile of wool composed of thousands of individual fibers becomes fabric are many and varied. Better known are weaving and knitting.

Felt and felting process

 

 

 

Another different, but no less laborious and even hard and painful process of turning shapeless mass of wool in fabric, is possible by the unique quality of the wool fibers to tangle through a process called felting as the final result is a very strong work, known as felt, Filz, vilt, keche, voilok, plast and many other names in diferent languages and cultures.

 

Since there is no the weaving of pre-spun fibers in a specific sequence on some basis, the felt can generally be attributed to the so called nonwoven fabric.


 

 

When I talk about felt, I mean the only matter and the articles made ​​of wool and not by polyester that is petroleum product, which is mostly industrial felt, which is a substitute, i.e. replacement, that has quite different characteristics and do not possess the physical, aesthetic, plastic and artistic qualities of wool source.

 

Actually felt in English and Filz in German means the process of creating products of wool, and the works themselves, which can be a flat shape as fabric, cloth, carpet, wall hanging, a picture, or even as fashionable now to say - in 3D, ie volume creations with utilitarian or purely artistic purposes.

 

Felt experiencing a triumph in the world during the last 10-15 years. There is an incredible boom in the demand for products of felt and its use as a material for art. Besides wool jewelry like brooches, necklaces, earrings, bracelets through felting are created accessories like scarves, bags, belts, hats, gloves. Incredibly original are felted clothes - dresses, coats, ponchos created in this technique and the derivative of it - nunofelt. Any type of accessory or clothing can be wearable piece of art and haute couture collections of many world famous designers regularly include felted creations.

 

Of course, retained was the oldest application of felt in the form of carpets, rugs, blankets, pillows, even homes.

Even today, in the steppes of Mongolia people live in round houses - yurts made ​​of light wood construction and large clothes of felted wool. This type of home is built for a few hours, as well as breaks up in order to move to a new location with lush grass for the grazing of sheep.
 

 

Magic wool is a great insulator. The best rug for your home is made of wool. Garment of wool away from frost and overheating, isolating and preserving the body heat. Wool takes a huge amount of moisture, thereby protecting the body and legs of the common cold. People who like to walk in the mountains know that especially in the winter is a must to be with woolen socks and underwear. Being with wet feet in wool socks you will not get cold even spend so few hours away!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What we do not know about the felt?

Many people today have not even heard the word, but the felt were known to the old Bulgarians. You can see wonderful examples in some museums as "Lyutova" and "Oslekova house" in the Bulgarian town-museum Koprivshtitsa - gorgeous, huge, thick carpets with the Flower of Life!
 

 

Felt (plusti) have been known in northwestern Bulgaria up to 18-19 century, and in all country regions with developed sheep farming and naturally the most popular were in the mountains. Unfortunately, the skills to create them among Bulgarians somehow been lost in the course of the 19th century and replaced ubiquitous by the weaving.

 

Some Bulgarians use the terms "rolling", "ownloading", "crushing" or "fulled wool" for such technique though these last not accurately depict the process of felting. The etymology of the Bulgarian word is based precisely on the felting process of wool fibers by rubbing, rolling, beating, crushing, fulling. The end result is possible precisely because of this quality unique to wool fiber. Used wool is not spun. 
 

 

Felt products have been well known since the deep antiquity. There are suggestions that this kind of fabric is the oldest, made by mankind. Some felt clothing, hats and rugs were saved and are 2500-2600 years old.

 

An interesting detail is that medieval knights had a garment called "gambeson" - both clothing and armor. It has performed the role of armor for the poorer knights who could not afford metal. So this gambeson was namely of felted wool!

 

This practice was probably known to the soldiers in the East, speaking of that himself mythical king of Ithaca, Odysseus had felt like armor. Good felted wool in a certain thickness is difficult to be torn apart by bladed weapon and protected the most ancient warriors. We can only guess whether the ancient Thracians also had similar armor and if the garment similar to male cape (yamurluk), was not made of felt.

 

Some time ago I learned with surprise from Discovery channel, that the most expensive and most beautiful cowboy hats are not made ​​of leather, namely of wool felt processed to perfection. Such a hat is worth a nice stallion!

 

Felt in contemporary Bulgaria

Up to the middle of the XX century were particularly popular felt (Filz) hats, which is another application of this co-eternal material. Thus, the German name Filz of this matter has acquired popularity in the country, replacing the old local name "plusti". With the passing of the fashion of felt hats, even as a term, the felt (Filz) was almost forgotten.

 

Only recently people in Bulgaria started to hear, notice, see and recognize products from felt. Common in today's more mature generations of Bulgarians is a negativity, even abhorrence of wool as a material, thinking about it as rustic and simple. Thank God that the world has become a "global village" to stop being ashamed of natural things and revise attitude towards such eternal material - the wool.
 

 

Fortunately, young people and children do not have prejudices of their parents and with pure heart approach to the magic to create with
wool.

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

The essence of wool

 

 

Wool is a natural and living matter. Yes, alive!

It is a protein fiber, and when it is not subjected to aggressive chemical treatment, reacts as a living being. Responds with love to the love, likes air and light!








 

 The wool is extremely flexible material for art. It often called "the warm clay" not accidentally. You really can create almost everything with wool and to breathe life in your creation!







 

 

Often I leave the wool to guide me in the making process and then we together form the most wonderful our creations!

 

I love working with all kinds of wool, because each type of wool, by the the roughest to the finest merino, has its own peculiarities and it is unique. Just like people!


 

 

I think each wool like any person has its own purpose and whoever's got to create something with wool, should be able to handle each type of it. After all, the first step is mastering the means of expression. You have to know the opportunities to be able to express yourself through the wool as means of expression. If you are painter, you learn to paint with different type of paints and colors, to use auxiliary materials, acquire many techniques and when you move on, then you can choose from.

 

The wool gives the freedom of expression. Its primary form, rather amorphous, causes the imagination and provides the opportunity to be recreated without limitation in space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The felting process

 

The process through which the wool becomes the cloth by felting differs in certain stages of that by weaving or knitting:

 

→ raising sheep
→ shearing of wool
→ washing wool
→ cleaning the wool by hand
→ combing the wool - hand or machine carding
→ wool dyeing
→ arranging woolen fibers for felting
→ real felting process
→ further dyeing, if needs
→ finishing operations depending on the product and wanted final result

 

The stage of dyeing may precede felting process but may be subsequent.

 

Rarely can work with non carded wool, a process that is quite difficult and less masters practicing it.

 

Today, people who are making felt usually buy processed wool, some of them are dyeing it by themselves, and some of them are performing some of these labor-intensive and not very attractive processes.

Felting sheep wool and turning it into a cloth, artwork or textile sculpture is a unique process that is characterises only this type of fiber (and some camel's and lama's fibers).

It is possible by the pineal body of the wool fibers which under the action particularly of rubbing opens its flakes, and they mesh in those of the other fibers.
Thus, the air and the distance between the fibers is reduced to yield a single, extremely strong structure!

The ancient way of felting, surviving to our days is related to wetting of wool, preferably with warm water and rubbing, rolling, ownloading, hitting, crushing, fulling. In more recent times, to the water was added and the soap solution. This is the so called wet felting, a technique that provides great opportunities and dominated the way of work. It is best suited for creating flat shapes - large fabrics, wall panels, carpets, clothing, scarves, bags, etc.!





 

 

In more recent times was invented another main felting technique made by needle punching, which is performed with special needles, called felting needles (Filz Nadels in German). This is the so called a dry technique (dry felting, needle felting), while it does not wet the wool and felting process goes through multiple reciprocating motion of the needle or needles, which intertwined threads of wool and create one unified structure. Needlefelting is preferable in the creation of small, mostly volumetric shapes, where necessary attention to detail and sculpture making skills.

 

Both felt techniques wonderful combine to enrich the final result.

 

In the last decades of the 20th century invented a new technique, which is experiencing a boom right now. Nuno-felting or nuno felting is a technique of felting of wool with tissue. "Nuno" translated from Japanese means "tissue". Wool and used ready fabric become one thing in the process of felting and form an entirely new structure, which has a very interesting relief and color.

 

The most interesting, aesthetic and exquisite combinations are obtained when paired with wool fabrics are made of natural fibers such as wool, silk, linen, cotton. It should however, the fabric to be with loose structure.

 

In all cases, the final result of the combination is always unique as a work of art that can make the wall hanging, accessory or clothing.

 

Of course, besides beautiful design, felt products must possess certain characteristics to be identified as felt.

 

 

Qualities of felt

 

 

 

Felt is not unspun wool that you buy to felt, although you may encounter carded wool as commodity named ''felt'' in some Bulgarian stores. This is a term that is the result of ignorance!

 

Felt is not a prefelt - semi-fabricated sheet of wool, mostly made by machine or sometimes by hand. Prefelt, as its name suggests, is a half-felt. Please make the difference! Live in Bulgaria and in Internet space I often see "ready" products that are at the stage, even prior prefelt! Similar decorations can carry various names, but not a felt!

Felt is solid and homogeneous. Real art is to make felt to look ethereal and still be solid!

 

Well felted product does not break under normal tensile, it has no stretching or it can be minimal for some articles. If the final product is a bag, garment or shoes, carpet, there should be no stretching. Then the criterion for good felting are some special bulges that are formed. Then the cloth has a structure similar to the boucle. The size of these bulges is dependent on the thickness of the wool fibers - by finer wool they are smaller, by roughly fibers they are greater.

 

 

 

The strength and good felting also mean that Felt product retains its original form during use and cleaning - does not deform and does not break!

 

This clearly also means that the felt is well colored - ie color is not run, when it washes by hand in cold or lukewarm water, as is recommended for products made ​​of natural wool. Also means that there is no coloring on the skin by wearing such cases typically hapen with product from China and India.

 

More on HOW TO WASH OUR CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES FROM WOOL AND WOOL FELT? you can see here on my blog.

 

To make a quality felt creation it must be well thought out and implemented as an objective
and purpose. Never forget that this art form is applied!

So besides artistic qualities, it is necessary to hold that minimum practical requirements for certain types of product.




If this is a handbag, for example, the strength of the handles is crucial.
If these are slippers, convenience is the criterion. If this is a hat - lightness and good
shape.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And so - What is it felt? Is there a place for felt in our lives :)?

 

 

 

To sum up in one sentence, by felting from the fiber of wool was prepared fabric or spatial structure in different sizes and volumes.

 

 

 

This process may take different time and efforts. For example, creating a felted flower brooch takes an average of 2-3 hours, and sometimes, depending on the complexity and artistic conception may take much more. Days and even months may be necessary for the manufacture of something bigger  such as wall hanging, carpet, yurt.

 

 

 

Laying of wool itself and the subsequent felting process for bigger felt projects associates with a lot of movement, physical effort and performance that can be compared to hard physical work or strenuous exercise (training) in the gym. One who deals with felting knows what I mean!

 

 

By adding to this great labor expensive materials too, because now even the ordinary wool is not cheap, but traditionally merino wool, silk, linen, yarn, lace and other possible additions have serious prices, do not be surprised why the felt products are expensive!

Besides hard work and precious materials in the felt products, they are consumed much time, desire and love, without which they simply would not have happened!

Because only wish to sell is not enough!

Felt takes passion, inspiration, desire to materialize own ideas, enthusiasm and really, really Love to what you are doing and what you are creating!

 

 

Svetlana Kostova

LAnAArt

 

P.S. Part of this article is included in this my material:
Svetlana Kostova, Аrt therapy. The therapeutic effect of the work and creations with wool - in Handbook of APPLIED MATERIALS IN SOCIAL THERAPY NGO "SUPPORT BG", Vratsa,  ISBN: 978-954-2955-04-7, с.82-90 http://picasaweb.google.com/107894357331168065106/T2422012ArtWorkshopVratsa#5716398395071841554.

 

and in one of my interview with journalist Lilia Racheva, published in the journal Forum, issue 44, on 3-9.11.2011

 

 

The reference to the source is acknowledged with respect to my work. Thank you!

Svetlana Kostova. What is a felt, Filz or vilt? - http://svetlanaarts.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-is-felt-filz-or-vilt.html