Textiles " felt making"

Felt making is the art of creating basic shapes with wool, mainly refined sheeps wool because it's softer and easier to use, basic patterns and layers are required to  make a base section this is normally done in white like a plain canvas though other colours can be used this depends on the designer and style in which they are looking for. To start the wool is placed on a towel and a sheet of bubble rap then the wool is applied in a two layer system horizontal and vertical applications, small tufts of wool need to be placed, this is needed to increase the surface area of the wool to allow the fibres to fuse when it is rolled. Once more layer has been applied a net is placed over and the whole thing is doused in soapy water. The net is removed and the next layer can be applied this process is repeated until all the layers required have been place. Again the net is applied but this time the entire thing is soaked in soapy water and rolled in the bubble wrap then it needs to be worked, rubbed and rolled for atleast 4 minutes, then it is unraveled, stretched then this process is repeated until at least 15 minutes of work in stages has been done, this gives the fibres time to fuse and creat a sturdy piece of work.

We then had to apply more detailed patterns based on the modal of signs in the work place, the  designs couldn't be to detailed as the image becomes distorted as it is rolled, this is done a few time so the image can become quite distorted.