Felt pot experiments

Well, these are the first attempts in a series of felt making

experiments. I am testing how much wool to use to get the 

shape to hold and also to see how little you can use and 

keep some of the translucency. I have used a balloon as the

form and then have worked alternate layers of horizontal 

and vertical wool wisps, spraying the balloon first with a 

dilution of washing up liquid and water and spraying as

the wool is layered up. The green bowl is quite fragile, 
the larger pot is thicker and heavier but I had to inflate another 

balloon whilst initially drying out the pot to keep the shape.

Once the layers are in place, I then spent about 15 mins 
for the small green one and 30 mins for the larger pot, 
rubbing and massaging the felt using both a felting mat 
(beach mat) and just by hand. This was a bit like a scalp 
massage and was quite nice to do!