Thursday, April 13, 2006

GS3

I made felt from my dog's fur.
My dog's name is Audrey.

Over the course of a week and a half I collectet tufts of fur from around the house and brushed her daily, in total I had about a shoe box full of her soft winter under-coat that she is shedding now that the weather is finally warming.
I next followed the procedure of wet felting (http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/felt/blfelt.htm that isn't exactly the process I used, but a close approximation).
After a good amount of time the felt began to come together and though it was very fragile I deemed it finished.
I allowed it to dry over night and then mounted it to some fabric for structural support.

I prefer to leave this up for discussion, but the main issues I was thinking about while making this are the questions of what is an acceptable fabric to wear, we are so quick to wear a sweater made of sheep's wool, but if someone were to suggest wearing the hair of a poodle it would not go over too well. What separates a pet from an animal that we feel no unease or remorse wearing or eating?

Elia Morrison

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