I am a textile artist and feltmaker. I love the sensory experience you have through touching and experiencing the different textures and the vibrant colours available.
My passion is feltmaking; taking wisps of wool and using soap, water and gentle agitation to create a totally original and unique piece of fabric. It is such a versatile technique. You can make gossamer fine cobweb scarves or thick durable fabric for bags and slippers or mould it to create 3d sculptures.
I tend to alternate between wet felting (making scarves, bags and pictures) and needle felting (creating birds, ladybirds and bees). My inspiration comes from the beauty of the natural world. Favourite themes at the moment include wild flowers, seed pods and butterflies but this changes with the changing seasons.
Currently, I am enjoying experimenting with nuno felt; that is combining fine silks and other natural materials with the wool during the wet felting process. I love the texture effects when the silks are shrunk and crinkled with the wool. I will be demonstrating wet felting techniques at our event in May, so come along and see how it’s done!
You can learn more about Mel and see some more examples of her photographic work on our 'Meet and Greet' blogpost here: http://www.collectiveartinmarlow.co.uk/1/post/2013/05/meet-and-greet-nicola-bibby.html
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W: http://www.beebeecrafts.com/
F: https://www.facebook.com/BeeBeeCrafts
My passion is feltmaking; taking wisps of wool and using soap, water and gentle agitation to create a totally original and unique piece of fabric. It is such a versatile technique. You can make gossamer fine cobweb scarves or thick durable fabric for bags and slippers or mould it to create 3d sculptures.
I tend to alternate between wet felting (making scarves, bags and pictures) and needle felting (creating birds, ladybirds and bees). My inspiration comes from the beauty of the natural world. Favourite themes at the moment include wild flowers, seed pods and butterflies but this changes with the changing seasons.
Currently, I am enjoying experimenting with nuno felt; that is combining fine silks and other natural materials with the wool during the wet felting process. I love the texture effects when the silks are shrunk and crinkled with the wool. I will be demonstrating wet felting techniques at our event in May, so come along and see how it’s done!
You can learn more about Mel and see some more examples of her photographic work on our 'Meet and Greet' blogpost here: http://www.collectiveartinmarlow.co.uk/1/post/2013/05/meet-and-greet-nicola-bibby.html
E: [email protected]
W: http://www.beebeecrafts.com/
F: https://www.facebook.com/BeeBeeCrafts