{"id":10701,"date":"2015-06-26T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10701"},"modified":"2015-06-26T08:12:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:12:48","slug":"outside-inspiration-ruffled-organics-in-felt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/outside-inspiration-ruffled-organics-in-felt\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Inspiration: Ruffled Organics in Felt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rudmanart<\/a>When talking ruffles, most likely fabric comes to mind first as a source for outside inspiration, but do you think of felt as a particularly ruffled fiber? Instead of flouncy and fluffy, felted ruffles offer substance and a more solid and open canvas for dramatic textures and colors.<\/p>\n

This scarf shows some of the potential of using felt to create undulating edges. Felt has been making a bit of a come back in the fashion world and felt crafters are coming out big and bold with it. I thought this work by\u00a0Irena Rudman<\/a>\u00a0would intrigue polymer artists as the composition of the work looked immediately to me like wonderful inspiration for leaf-shaped beads or the facing ends of a curious cuff bracelet.<\/p>\n

There\u00a0is something kind of Melanie West<\/a> about this\u00a0scarf. I can also see a thin polymer component with a center of slices taken from\u00a0stacked\u00a0circular extrusion canes or mokume surrounded by ruffled Skinner blends or mica dusted polymer. It got my wheels turning. Is it intriguing you?<\/p>\n

Irena is really big on the ruffles in her work, which you can see in her Etsy shop.<\/a> If you are just dying of curiosity as to how she accomplished this or simply have a budding interest in felting (which can and has often been combined with polymer pieces), Irena has a number of tutorials for scarves and collars in her shop,<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

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