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This guide covers 57, and counting, types of fiber arts. They are broken down into two major categories: 1) String work, which includes spinning treatments, knotting, lace making, weaving and needlework. 2) Felt work, which includes sculpture, string felt, fur felt, wet felting and dry felting. Fiber art, in its strictest sense, is fine art […]
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What is sheep wool used for? What a great question! It looked hot inside the dually and I could tell that the kids inside, neither older than seven, were getting restless. The sheep farmer drew our attention to the trailer filled with what must have been 50 good looking suffolk fleeces. They had been shorn
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‘Define the term, fiber. name the four techniques of art that use fiber.’ Fast facts. Fiber is an elongated filament similar to a thread. And there are FIVE major techniques: felting, weaving, sewing, string & stick work, and knotting. That is if I have to narrow it down to just five. It’s a bit more
What is considered fiber art? Hrm… yes, what is considered fiber art? That’s a great question, and it’s not as straightforward as it might seem at first. Of course the fast and dirty answer is that fiber art is some version of “fine art constructed with natural or synthetic fibers”. But, how much does that
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Introduction It’s ironic. With the free time we have thanks to industrialization, more people are discovering the meditative joy of making the crafts cave people needed to survive. When that comes to fiber art people want to get started. One of the best ways to do that is to learn how to make fabric from
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Animal Fiber: Everything You Need to Know The handler cued the dog and the slim bi-blue Border Collie took off like it had been launched. In a wide arc, it rounded on the flock of Katahdin sheep, then suddenly halted, flattened on its belly, and slowly began to inch forward. The fluffy white animals huddled
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