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Teacher - Felting
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After 31 years as a mechanical engineer I retired and happily began felting. My fiber art originated from a felting class with friends when I became intrigued by how wool felts. Of course that led to many more fiber arts classes which ranged from washing sheep�s fleece to dyeing and carding wool. Wool has become my specialty. The technique of felting is tangling fibers of wool with a barbed needle or water and agitation. It is one of the oldest crafts predating spinning, weaving and knitting. I use cleaned batts of fiber from different breeds of sheep, goat and alpaca. No patterns or sewing is needed to create the figures; they appear from the wool as unique, one of a kind figures with personalities of their own. I teach methods I've learned and some I've modified to improve the finished item. I use wire armature for bending items or limbs, wrapping batts of wool for quicker felting and finish with a light wet felting for a smooth surface. It's a fun workout playing with wool to create items.
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Karen Bills
First Name:
Karen
Last Name:
Bills
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Email:
KarenBills@comcast.net
Phone:
865-531-4517
City:
Knoxville
State/Province:
TN
Country:
United States of America