Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items
Constructing the Lampshade 2
A course by Natasha Smart , Wet felting artist
Joined July 2024
Joined July 2024
About the video: Constructing the Lampshade 2
Overview
“In this stage, you will trim excess felt and secure the overlap with textile glue. Small cuts will help neatly wrap the felt around the spokes. Using a tucking tool, you’ll push the excess fabric between the ring and liner, ensuring a clean finish. Once wrapped and secured, the lampshade is ready for display.”
In this video lesson Natasha Smart addresses the topic: Constructing the Lampshade 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items. Learn wet felting techniques to transform wool fiber into decorative home items like lampshades and seamless cushions.
Partial transcription of the video
“So we're nearly there with our lampshade. The last stage that we've got is to tuck. all of the excess felt. under the ring, in between the ring. and the plastic liner. So what this means is actually breaking the join between the plastic liner and the tape that we've, the double-sided tape that's there. We just sort of temporarily break it to poke up the excess fabric in between the two. And then that helps it to stay in place really effectively, actually. It's a really good design. Before we do that, There's a couple of finishing things that I want to do. First of all, I want to glue along ...”
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Course summary for: Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting
Natasha Smart
A course by Natasha Smart
Natasha Smart is a wet felting artist, teacher, and author based on the south coast of the UK. With a lifelong passion for textiles and creative crafts, Natasha transitioned from a career in training to full-time feltmaking in 2021. Her work is inspired by the textures, colors, and forms of the natural world—especially the sea and landscapes surrounding her coastal home—and is known for its vibrant color palettes and use of wool yarns as decorative elements. She has authored two books, Wet Felting and Three-dimensional Wet Felting, and continues to share her expertise through in-person workshops and online platforms.
In her creative practice, Natasha specializes in turning raw wool fibre into structured, decorative objects for the home. She is particularly drawn to practical, functional design and enjoys the problem-solving involved in felt construction. Her courses are grounded in clear instruction, thoughtful design choices, and a strong belief in making wet felting accessible and enjoyable for all skill levels.
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