Sculpting a bowl with felting machine
Amazing what you can do with the felting machine. I'm still doing allot of experimenting. I have not been able to find any information online about creating 3D objects with the felting machine. Lots of info on doing bowls by hand or wet felting around a ball but nothing using the felting or embellishing machine as some call it. So I made a circle pattern on the computer and divided it into 8 equal sections. Then at each section I cut out about a 1/2" triangle wedge in toward the center. I created about a 3" circle in the center of a 7.5 circle for the pattern and then cut the wedges only in to the edge of the center 3" circle. The inner circle creates the bottom of the bowl. I cut out a piece of purple felt with the pattern and then overlapped the edges of the triangle wedges I cut out felted the 8 slits back together. That formed the bowl shape. Then I started adding yarns, fabric, and wool roving and felted that to the bowl. In the inner 3" circle I really added lots of layers of various fibers so that the bottom became thicker and more weighted. Then I did more felting and finally I decided to cut the edge into scallops for more interest. You can see the outside is more subtle. When felting you can use either side you prefer. The bowl can actually be turned inside out depending on which side you prefer. I think I'll put my hard boiled easter eggs in it!
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James Franklin,
3D Architectural Animation Services
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