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This is Part 1 of a series of videos on How to Make Nuno Felt .
In the 1990’s, Polly Stirling, an Australian fibre artist together with Sachiko Kotaka were exploring ways of bonding wool fibre to open weave cottons and silk. They named this felt Nuno Felt.
Wool fleece or other fibres are bonded to and through an open weave, lightweight fabric such as cotton muslin or silk gauze. "Nuno" means cloth in Japanese so Nuno Felt is an open weave cloth bonded to wool fibre.
Nuno felt can be a very lightweight, fabric more suitable for our warm Australian climate.
Let’s explore some different methods and tools that can be used to make a sample piece of nuno felt where the wool is going to cover the entire piece of silk. In the next video, I will explore ways to apply decorative elements to the loose woven material and in the third video we can explore ways to layer threads, wool , silk and small pieces of scrap fabric to create a complex piece of nuno felt like a painting.

If you do a search for Polly Stirling , you will discover a delightful video where Polly talks about her journey from weaving to Feltmaking. Then, Polly talks about her joyful explorations into incorporating cloth with wool and other fibres.

Polly Stirling:    • Polly Stirling 2016  
Sachiko Kotaka:    • Sachiko Kotaka's Tactile Exploration  
You can also access these via my Nuno Felt playlist.

Nuno Feltmaking is great for both artists who wish to make very even and professional looking work as well as those who want to engage in joyful playing with colour , texture and textiles.

I am no feltmaking expert. I have the good fortune to have a mother, now nearly 90, who has been a passionate and adventurous felt maker and textile artist. I am able to draw on the detailed notes she kept over many years. Through these videos I am exploring different ways of working with wool and felt. I simply invite you to come on this journey of discovery with me.