How to Make a Felted Lampshade
Painting with Wool
I'm naturally drawn to colour and form. I love the way the light glows through these little beauties, accentuating each and every felted fibre. The great thing about making your own pre-felt is that you're in complete control of the whole process. You can be ever so painterly and really go to town with your creativity. With this in mind, I'd like to share with you here how to make your very own lampshade. We're using a wet felting technique – and it's going to be easy-peasy.
A Quickie Introduction to Wet Felting
Wet felting is used to make wool and other animal fibers into the dense fabric known as felt. The process involves the application of warm, soapy water – which causes layers of fleece, placed at 90 degree angles to one another, to hook together into a single piece of fabric. Wet felting can be used to make clothing and textiles.
Images and how to by Gina Dunford.
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How to make
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Tray
Bamboo mat
Silk
Washing-up liquid
Hot and cold water
Incorporate silk circles towards the end of the layering process.
Dried, your felt sheet should be gossamer thin and really glimmer in the light. The silk doesn't shrink in the wet felting process like wool does and so instead compensates by ruffling, creating these beautiful rivulet shapes.
Then, all you have left to do is attach the felted sheet to your lamp insert!
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