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Friday, 29 August 2014

3D Coral Take 2

In my last post I shared a picture of my latest coral-inspired piece at the pre-felt stage.

I really liked it at this stage and was worried I wouldn't like it as much once felted but prefelt isn't particularly strong so felt it I did...


And I'm really pleased with how it turned out, placing the folds closer together is so much more aesthetically pleasing. It's busy drying at the moment waiting for me to mount it but in the meantime here are some photos from different angles.




Linking up to nina-marie, off the wall Friday
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15 comments:

  1. Norma Schlager30 August 2014 at 01:38

    I'm not quite sure how you did it, but it looks fabulous!

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    1. Teri Berry30 August 2014 at 17:53

      Thanks Norma, this piece was made by needlefelting pieces of prefelt together and then wet felting it.

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  2. Heather Pregger30 August 2014 at 01:53

    These are amazing! I've enjoyed looking at your work.

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  3. Mysterymar30 August 2014 at 04:13

    It's beautiful Teri! How big is it?

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    1. Teri Berry30 August 2014 at 17:54

      Thank you Mysterymar. It's currently approx 14 x 16" but I plan to mount it on a 12 x 14" frame

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  4. takinagaturn30 August 2014 at 17:39

    Teri , it's great , really could be coral.

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  5. Teri Berry30 August 2014 at 17:55

    Thanks Jane :)

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  6. Anonymous30 August 2014 at 21:32

    This piece is terrific! Teri, I am sure it took oodles of hours, but the results are stupendous! Luvswool

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    1. Teri Berry31 August 2014 at 22:20

      Thank you Luvswool, it did take a while to needle felt all the pieces together but the felting was pretty quick once it was assembled

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  7. Margaret Cooter1 September 2014 at 21:24

    Gorgeous!
    And the hats are amazing...

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  8. The Inside Stori3 September 2014 at 15:57

    I'm behind following Nina-Marie's links but glad I caught up with what you are doing. Our small (self-taught, learn as you go felting group) will be experimenting with textures at our next gathering.

    So....if I may ask....at the wet felting stage...how did you keep the sections from felting together?

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    1. Teri Berry3 September 2014 at 19:20

      Hi Mary, you are correct, the layers of prefelt do try to felt together, there are several ways you can stop that from happening, you can put strips of thin plastic between the layers of felt, felt each strip of felt individually by rubbing it with soapy fingers or what I did for this piece, I did most of the felting by kneading it and stopped every 20-30 seconds to separate each strip to stop them felting together. Hope this helps?
      I look forward to reading about your adventures in felt texture :)

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  9. Ruth Lane16 September 2014 at 20:38

    This is fabulous Teri! I love it and it will be wonderful when it's framed.

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