In the past 24 hours, there were 10 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or above, 33 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 127 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 207 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 553 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel. What was the strongest quake in the world in the past 24 hours? Needle felting is a method of creating felt that uses specially designed needles instead of water. Felting needles have angled notches along the shaft that catch fibers and tangle them together to produce felt. These notches are sometimes erroneously called "barbs", but barbs are protrusions (like barbed wire) and would be too difficult to thrust into the wool and nearly impossible to pull out. Felting needles are thin and sharp, with shafts of a variety of different gauges and shapes. Needle felting is used in industrial felt making as well as for individual art and craft applications.

As the viewers were encouraged to turn and switch the Chromatic Navigation tiles around to transform the overall pattern, and moved their bodies to physically engage with the pieces, it reminded me of why I’ve enjoyed creating wearable art collections. When the theme is right, a garment becomes a moving sculpture on a body, also changing how the wearer feels and moves depending on the design and structure of the piece. This past month has not all been fun and games for Feltworld. Understandably, course bookings are down due to the restrictions, but at least if you can’t get out to the shops to buy something special for a friend or relative, see gift vouchers which will give a special person something to look forward to when things calm down. You will find more examples of these animals and needle felted pictures plus my courses via this needle felting link: course For those of you new to my work, I teach three different types of felt making. You’ll find various examples for sale in the shop. From Siberia and Mongolia, feltmaking spread across the areas held by the Turkic-Mongolian tribes. Sheep and camel herds were central to the wealth and lifestyle of these tribes, both of which were critical to producing the fibers needed for felting. As nomads traveling frequently and living on fairly treeless plains, felt provided housing (yurts, tents, etc.), insulation, floor coverings, and inside walling, as well as many household necessities from bedding and coverings to clothing. In nomadic peoples, an area where feltmaking was particularly visible was in trappings for their animals and for travel. Felt was often featured in the blankets that went under saddles. [4]

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It was wonderful to watch people interact with the artwork and talk to them about the small changes they made to the piece as a metaphor for the small changes they could make in their lifestyles to lessen their carbon footprint and environmental impact. Follow this kind of introduction to art and you get to make something beautiful. At the very least it will be a fun day out. Actively doing art will also bring the health benefits, we touched on earlier. Barbara Meek – Feltworld -CreativeArts.co.uk

Comments such as “I can’t draw to save my life”, or “I haven’t got an artistic bone in my body” are equivalent to saying “I’m no good at riding a bike” – when you haven’t tried to master the basics. Art has many benefitsAcrylic and rayon felt are not washed as commonly as other synthetic textiles, but these synthetic felt fabrics can still contribute to I approached the match with the right attitude, the right mentality, and I knew from the very first point it was going to be greatly intense." Artisans use specialized needles to make needled felt figurines and other three-dimensional products. This type of felt is not insulative or used for industrial purposes, and instead, most needled felt products are decorative in nature.

Remember how good it felt when you were able to defy gravity and stay upright? You do remember? Good! Because learning art is much like that, and just as rewarding once you have mastered the basics, you just have to keep trying.The pre-felted scales took many weeks to make, their bases left unfelted so that they could be seamlessly joined to the base rug at the end. As she worked intuitively, she decided on a dense structure, using resists to keep the raised parts separate from the base felt. After the wet felting process she unfolded the scales to give the three-dimensional view. Dagmar saw that combining many scales together would create a dynamic linear pattern, and decided to let the scales, fins and lamellae reach out over the edge of the base rug, avoiding the use of a frame and letting the object grow into space.