World Tree Original Art

Size: 38.5 x 24

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An early spring dawn sky with clouds tinged in peach and raspberry inspired me to start mixing and layering wool fiber colors to achieve the look. I was remembering a tree where I once lived, a horsetail willow, it had branches that twisted into amazing spirals. The luminous sky with an ancient tree reaching upwards while also radiating deep in the earth elicits a universal feeling of connection. This large hand felted wool artwork panel is 33" wide x 19" high and is mounted in a black wood frame.

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I’ve made the entire artwork by hand with wool fiber. Some people refer to the process as “painting with wool”. I start by making my own base, or “canvas” by arranging wool fibers in even, alternating, layers. I use special needles with tiny angled nicks, called felting needles, to tack all of the layers together into the size and shape background that I require for the artwork. When this canvas is completed I can begin to work on the art using dyed wool and sometimes alpaca or mohair fiber. I use the same barbed needles to lightly tack my design to the canvas in preparation for the wet felting process. I thoroughly wet the entire design with warm soapy water and rub and roll to lock all the fibers together into a solid felted unit. There is a lot of rinsing to get rid of the soap, followed by pressing and drying.

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