OH MY, IT'S A BIT BIGGER THAN I ANTICIPATED...

3-D FELTED SCULPTURE

ADVANCED 3-D ART

hand dyed wool rovings, hot soapy water, wash board, washing machine,

& needle felting supplies

thought senior Helen Park after she wet felted her dyed wool rovings into this spherical form.

But after more hours of hot water, soap and elbow grease her sculpture began to emerge.

She cut an opening in the sphere,

turned it inside out and aggressively worked it some more

 on the washboard to shrink and stiffen.

When she felt she could do no more herself,

 she took it home and put the form in her washing machine to full and shrink it EVEN MORE!.

Satisfied she brought it back to school to sew and tweak the shape into a pleasing vessel form.

She was also required to add a bit of needle felted design.

In this close up below you can see the extra work she put into the neck area

 using raffia over a jute core.

 She coiled and stabilized the neck with a basketry technique called Figure 8 stitch

(also a requirement).

The grey and dark brown shapes are needle felted over top and the little white pearls

 are really needle felted balls. 

Talk about a herculean effort!

So proud of you Helen!!!!!