http://blog.pushthefuture.org/2009/07/baa-baa-bauhaus/ A look at what - and who - is pushing the future in new directions Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:52:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://blog.pushthefuture.org/2009/07/baa-baa-bauhaus/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Katherine Emmons Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:51:57 +0000 http://blog.pushthefuture.org/?p=1168#comment-42 Susan - Thank you so much for sharing your "geekiness" (a highly coveted professional credential in this new millennium) and providing clarification/expertise around the knitty-gritty of the felting process. As mentioned in the blog, the ancient and amazing technique of felting is demonstrated in "Making of the Palace Yurt" which accompanies the discussion on your site: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/Fashioning-Felt/ Susan – Thank you so much for sharing your “geekiness” (a highly coveted professional credential in this new millennium) and providing clarification/expertise around the knitty-gritty of the felting process.
As mentioned in the blog, the ancient and amazing technique of felting is demonstrated in “Making of the Palace Yurt” which accompanies the discussion on your site: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/Fashioning-Felt/

]]> http://blog.pushthefuture.org/2009/07/baa-baa-bauhaus/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Susan Brown Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:43:10 +0000 http://blog.pushthefuture.org/?p=1168#comment-43 As the curator of Fashioning Felt, I have to be a technique geek, right? In your description above you are conflating felting and fulling. Fulling is when woven (or knitted) fabrics are made denser and thicker by a process not unlike what your sweater goes throuh in the laundry. True felting begins with the raw wool fiber, which is matted together through the application of heat, moisture, pressure and friction. It has no underlying structure, and has been around for at least 10,000 years. (Loved the article otherwise!) As the curator of Fashioning Felt, I have to be a technique geek, right? In your description above you are conflating felting and fulling. Fulling is when woven (or knitted) fabrics are made denser and thicker by a process not unlike what your sweater goes throuh in the laundry. True felting begins with the raw wool fiber, which is matted together through the application of heat, moisture, pressure and friction. It has no underlying structure, and has been around for at least 10,000 years. (Loved the article otherwise!)

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