From Felt to Fabric

From Felt to Fabric - New Techniques in Nuno Felting

Fiber artist Catherine O'Leary introduces a distinctive approach to nuno felting in the groundbreaking book.  She explores new possibilities for creating unique felted fabric to make into your own garments, accessories, and art.

The nuno technique involves felting wool fibre through sheer, loosely woven cloth so the wool fibre can migrate through the weave and become entangled on both sides of the fabric, thus creating anew kind of textile.  O'Leary's innovation is what she calls nuno prefelts: pieces that are only partially felted.  Cut, layered, manipulated, and composed, these pieces are then re-felted to produce a final fabric.  She explores principles like shape, color, and texture, examining how these concepts can make your nuno pieces as simple or complex as a painting or drawing. 

Rounding out the book is a gallery of inspiring ideas for projects, from a Retro Blue Placemat featuring overlapping circles to a Bird Scarf that follows the fluid shapes found in nature as it curves around the body.