Today's challenge is to add colour and to see whether the tumble dryer part of the process can be used more extensively. Same mould of tights and beans was used as a starting point. So the first pot today uses red as the first layer of colour, then dark chocolate brown to build up the body. I gave this some work by hand to start off the process, then put it in the tumble dryer for about 30 minutes. I ended up with a tight 'egg'. I cut off the top with a scalpel and tipped out the beans.
I don't think this is particularly successful. The felt is lumpy and the colour inside isn't particularly strong. It does look good as work in progress! Think I'll go back to doing more of the felting by hand as you can control the quality.
I also made a white pot for decoration, which I'll put up next on the blog.
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