I've just don't have enough time in the day to write a detailed post about how I felted my sister Suzanne's rug but hopefully these pictures will give you an idea of what the finished rug is like, I LOVE the fact that it is...
Today I will be finishing laying out and felting a hearth rug for a belated Christmas cum birthday present for my sister Suzanne. I need to get this finished and off my two large tables by tonight at the latest leaving me free to finally...
I submitted an application recently to have some of my framed felt considered by CCDP (Carlow County Development Patrnership Ltd) for a new art and craft based retail space they are launching shortly, this will be in the renovated stable yard at Ducketts Grove, Co....
I am so excited to be announcing that from June 9th to 16th I will be joining Karin and her husband Eelco at the beautiful Domino Vale do Mondego in Portugal to facilitate a wonderful week-long residential felting holiday!!! If you would like to register...
I don't have much time to write today so here are two more pice of my latest nuno felt vest/stole and the answers to a couple of questions I've been asked. Yes, this vest is fulled in the dryer so NO rubbing or rolling!!! I will...
As stated in yesterday's post, I headed to the studio in the afternoon to felt some yardage and once it was dry I cut out the free-style curved stole from 'shapeshape' by Natsuno Hiraiwa. It definitely drapes differently in felt as opposed to the jersey...
I intended to write a brief post today but instead I'll just write quickly! Because I follow a lot of interesting, creative and sustainable style blogs I never seemed to manage to regularly update the links to them here on Clasheen or add new ones as...
Today's post shares pictures of two beautiful purses felted in Michigan by my friend Sue. I first met Sue last May at one of the Plainwell workshops organised by great buddy Dawn Edwards where she chose to felt her first vessel complete with craters, ever...
I'm just catching up from 5 HECTIC days at Clasheen!!! I really can't write everything down because I still have so much work to plough though this week and not enough time to do it so apologies if you are expecting an email response, it...
I have managed to get through a lot of the clearing, re-organisation and tidying chores that I blogged about on Monday, not all of them obviously but I have made a dent in the never-ending pile! Thanks for all your encouragement both via comments and...
After I returned home from the market in Borris on Friday afternoon I laid out and felted the nuno section of another new bag, this time I worked in mossy greens and various shades of chocolate and olive. I also fulled the piece more than...
No felting update today, I need to hop in the bath and get ready for the opening of Eileen MacDonagh's exhibtion titled LITHOSPHERE, this should be a wonderful occasion! Until tomorrow...
Great news from Blurb in my inbox this morning, $10 discount when you order 'From Felt to Friendship' through until 27th February if you enter the promo code SAVE10 when you checkout!!! I'm adding Blurb's terms and conditions for the offer after the following preview...
Now that I've made the descision to stick with felting my favourite nuno accessories and home accents all the pressure is off for my section of the new book. [caption id="attachment_3369" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Heart cuffs and brooches, a few of the many!"][/caption] Yesterday was good fun, in...
