Fun With Alternative Fibers
August 17, 2009 by Chloe Findlay-Harder
Filed under Home & Living
The fiber art world is definitely a creative one!
Even though we have a rainbow of commercially-available fabrics in huge amounts, fiber artists continue to find new ways to use fibers. Or to create their own mediums entirely.
Noreen found a great story about a woman in the UK who designed her own wedding dress. This isn’t your standard wedding dress – it’s made from wool and fibers from the bride’s own sheep.
I’ve used wool to create my own felt and fusion papers before, but this is definitely a unique way to use wool!
Of course, if we’re talking about alternative fibers, I have to bring up this post that I wrote back in January. It’s about designer Nancy Judd, who uses all kinds of amazing materials – like junk mail – to create one of a kind art garments.
There are fiber artists who work with all kinds of recycled or re-purposed materials. And what about fusing layers of paper and cheesecloth together to make fabric? You can always weave, stitch or knit your own fibers too.
The sky is the limit…
image: Stock.xchg
