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Terumi Ohta creates ultra realistic animal wool sculptures. Her goal is to create the most life-like creations to delight her clients, meticulous to the smallest detail, and it’s safe to say, she does just that! The life-like nature of her work is achieved by mixing her own colors of wool to create the elaborate textures of the skin and fur. Above is one of her amazing works.

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Marjolein trained in graphic arts and painting at Minerva Academy, a fine arts institute in Groningen Holland. After taking a course in working with wool, she fell in love with felting because of the unlimited freedom it provides. She now works to commission and concentrates on producing highly theatrical pieces for exhibitions and wearable pieces. Above is one of her amazing pieces.

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Before hand shears, ancient people would pull the wool that naturally came off the sheep, or “roux” the wool from the sheep. This process is reported to be traditionally done by women, who cradled and sang to the sheep as they peeled their coat off. And before sheep were domesticated (about 11,000-13,000 years ago), wool shed naturally and pulled off when it got caught on branches or rocks.

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The shearing of sheep began in around 3500 B.C, at around the time when man learned how to spin wool for their clothes and other everyday uses.

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Top 5 Tips for Needle Felting Beginners - Bear Creek Felting

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One sale, turned into 5....5 turned into a new dishwasher! That soon turned into family vacations, and suddenly into finding myself in a construction hat, standing in Nome Schoolhouse with Chris! It's been one wild adventure, all started by Libby's birthday wish and flock of Romney Sheep.

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How something felted may look

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The Difference Between Wet and Needle Felting

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The Difference Between Wet and Needle Felting

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Wet felting is similar to needle felting only hot soapy water is used instead of needles. This makes them smooth and easy to use. When wet felting the wool fiber is laid out flat and rubbed with your fingers and hot soapy water.  This helps the wool to tangle up and lock together.  After a lot of careful rubbing, there is a nice flat piece of felt

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The felting needles are a special kind of needle that have tiny barbs on the end.  The barbs all go in one direction and when the needle is stabbed into the wool the barbs pull the wool in, but not back out again causing the wool fibers to tangle and their scales to lock together and felt.

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The wool fiber is surrounded by flat, overlapping scales. When processed, the fibers are mixed and the scale edges may point in opposite directions. When you felt the edges the scales come in touch with each other, “locking” the fiber into position. And it’s not just one or two fibers that are locking together, but literally hundreds of fibers that come in touch with each other and lock into position. This causes the wool to felt.

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First person to completely mechanically shear a sheep

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First person to completely mechanically shear a sheep

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Jack Gray was the first man to completely shear a sheep using mechanical shears.

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One commonly told origin story is that during the Middle Ages, men would line their sandals with wool for comfort and that over time, the fibers in the wool became interlocked and felted as a result of the moisture, warmth, and pressure from being walked on.

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Wet Felting Tutorial for Beginners: How to Wet Felt Wool Fabric // Wet Felting Techniques

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Felting for Beginners - Very Easy Tutorial for First-Time Felters