I have been taking on online surface design felting class with Fiona Duthie. It has been great and well worth the cost. I did have a few weeks when I was having issues with vertigo and did not complete all the technique samples, but I look forward to finishing them all.
For our last week of class, we are to work on a project of our choice using some of the techniques we learned, so I included techniques from the weeks' lessons that I was able to finish.
When I first started felting wall art, I learned my technique from Moy Mackey's book, Art in Felt & Stitch. I still used a white base layer per Moy's technique, as I want my wall art piece to hold it's shape over time, and using many layers will accomplish this.
After the white layers (2), I added corriedale wool in black, white, and blue, to add shading to next layer. But then I got carried away and added so many layers, this probably had no affect.
More wool (this was a variegated merino I had purchased)
And more wool. I originally put this layer down before the "all over" variegated layer (which is what is pictured here), then I removed this layer, put the all-over layer down, then put these back down on top. I also included some glass gems and small round mirrors in the layers.
I wet these down, then added my goldfish and silk fabric "water".
Here is the felted piece. I need to iron it to help remove some of the wrinkles.
Detail
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