Felting : Heritage Crafts and Skills - LYNN HUGGINS-COOPER

Felting

By: LYNN HUGGINS-COOPER

Paperback | 21 May 2021

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This book offers a journey through the history of the ancient craft of felting from the earliest times, when people first discovered that animal fibre, moisture and friction created a durable, warm fabric. Felt has been used for everything from apparel to housing; it has been used for practical, decorative and even religious applications.

This book looks at the rise and fall of felting through history and into the industrial era, including its importance to the hat-making industry. The second part of the book brings us to the modern - and some might say, golden - era of artisanal felting with interviews from felters and textile artists generously sharing their creative process. Finally, if you are inspired to try this fascinating craft, there are step by step instructions for both wet and needle felting, and a useful list of resources to get you started on your own felt-making journey.

About the Author

Lynn Huggins-Cooper is an author and textiles artist specialising in felting and fibre crafts. She is a member of the Heritage Crafts Association and the International Felt Makers Association. She writes for many craft magazines and teaches workshops from her studio in a gorgeous historic building with its own remains of a Roman mile castle in the courtyard. She finds inspiration in the glorious Northumbrian coastline and the acres of forest that encroach on the bottom of her garden.

32 b/w illustrations

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