Painting with fibers: realistic images with stencils by Svetlana Fomina
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For almost 15 years Svetlana explores felting as an artistic technique. Her aim is to create beautiful images, close to modern and historical embroidery, gobelin and applique techniques. She shares her awesome techniques with her students.
For almost 15 years Svetlana explores felting as an artistic technique. Her aim is to create beautiful images, close to modern and historical embroidery, gobelin and applique techniques. She shares her awesome techniques with her students.
In this tutorial you will learn to felt graphically. Even if you do not have any experience you will be able to create a realistic image. You may use it for wall hangings, cushions or bed covers, for shawls and garments. What about artistic journal or a cover for a diary?
You will need some fine wool in tops, 18-21 micron and a selection of decorative fibers. Svetlana is using viscose (rayon) fibers, they are the best. You may also use different silk fibers, especially pulled silk fiber sliver, silk hankies, wool and silk yarn.
You will need a mild dishwasher liquid, bubble wrap and a synthetic netting (mosquito net). Svetlana is using laminate underlay for making stencils. You will need a spray bottle and a towel.
Svetlana is using the electric sander for felting. If you definitively dislike it, you may use these techniques without the sander.
You will need a mild dishwasher liquid, bubble wrap and a synthetic netting (mosquito net). Svetlana is using laminate underlay for making stencils. You will need a spray bottle and a towel.
Svetlana is using the electric sander for felting. If you definitively dislike it, you may use these techniques without the sander.
How to make a realistic image using fibers?
Svetlana starts with a short overview of her creative kitchen (Introduction).
Recently, Svetlana has switched from free hand "drawing" with fibers (shown in her first tutorial) to stenciling.
Free hand technique is time consuming and difficult for people without previous experience in drawing. Some people have "fear of blank sheet", and stencil is a best "medicine" against it.
Using stencils, you can easily make perfect lines and contours and create professionally looking images. They can look like needlepoint embroidery, applique or gobelin tapestry. Stencil will help you to find right lines and proportions and to create a balanced composition.
Using stencils, you can also quickly make a lot of similar elements.
Svetlana makes her own stencils and will show you in Part 1 of this video tutorial how to modify your photos or drawings for this purpose.
Svetlana starts with a short overview of her creative kitchen (Introduction).
Recently, Svetlana has switched from free hand "drawing" with fibers (shown in her first tutorial) to stenciling.
Free hand technique is time consuming and difficult for people without previous experience in drawing. Some people have "fear of blank sheet", and stencil is a best "medicine" against it.
Using stencils, you can easily make perfect lines and contours and create professionally looking images. They can look like needlepoint embroidery, applique or gobelin tapestry. Stencil will help you to find right lines and proportions and to create a balanced composition.
Using stencils, you can also quickly make a lot of similar elements.
Svetlana makes her own stencils and will show you in Part 1 of this video tutorial how to modify your photos or drawings for this purpose.
The most challenging features of felting are shrinkage and intermingling of fibers. You must consider that your image will become smaller and will tend to deform after felting. There are several secrets of a beautiful image and I will share them with you.
Svetlana is using special self-made prefelts (shown in Part 2) and special non-aggressive felting techniques (Part 4) in order to minimize deformation and get clean images.
Svetlana is using special self-made prefelts (shown in Part 2) and special non-aggressive felting techniques (Part 4) in order to minimize deformation and get clean images.
Svetlana's felting is like traditional crafts, like embroidery, drawing, beading or patchwork…
It can be called "relaxed felting": no big tables, buckets of soapy water. The main process takes place on a small table, you can sit with your family and watch TV or talk. You need a big table and soapy water only when assembling the parts.
Technically, Svetlana has created a lot of variations of her method. We present them to you in Parts 1-10 of the video tutorial. Each part represents a separate project.
It can be called "relaxed felting": no big tables, buckets of soapy water. The main process takes place on a small table, you can sit with your family and watch TV or talk. You need a big table and soapy water only when assembling the parts.
Technically, Svetlana has created a lot of variations of her method. We present them to you in Parts 1-10 of the video tutorial. Each part represents a separate project.
Svetlana's stencils may be divided into three groups: single stencils, puzzle stencils, module stencils. You may choose one of these techniques or combine them.
Svetlana's techniques are good for both thin and thick felts, for thin shawls and thick carpets, just not forget to start with samples and think about the proportions between the base wool and decorative layers.
Svetlana's techniques are good for both thin and thick felts, for thin shawls and thick carpets, just not forget to start with samples and think about the proportions between the base wool and decorative layers.
About the author of the tutorial
Svetlana Fomina
Svetlana Fomina was born in Irkutsk, Siberia. She has an amazing biography: Svetlana graduated from the famous architecture school (Moscow Architectural Institute) and worked as a professional artist and art teacher. Ten years ago, she developed a passion for fiber art. She designs and produces unique accessories in her studio in Moscow and teaches a lot.
Svetlana enjoys developing new ideas and novel approaches to materials and techniques. Her favorite method is "painting with wool". She makes wall hangings, shawls, bags, etc. Her strong point is creating beautiful, almost photo quality images using different fibers. Svetlana loves felting, it is an amazing technique which allows her to realize all her artistic ideas. Svetlana uses different methods like "felted gobelin", "art felting with stencil" and "water-color with fibers".
What's important for her methods? First, it is a realistic image with lights and shadows. Second, nicely balanced composition and color harmony. Third, patience and an assortment of fibers. Svetlana's working process is very similar to painting.
She needs to keep the image beautiful during felting and fulling. It is not so easy as one can think: if too much fluff from the wool will come to the surface or the shrinkage is too strong, the "photo quality" will be lost. That's why Svetlana uses a combination of special felting and fulling techniques. She generously shares all her secrets with her online and offline students.
She needs to keep the image beautiful during felting and fulling. It is not so easy as one can think: if too much fluff from the wool will come to the surface or the shrinkage is too strong, the "photo quality" will be lost. That's why Svetlana uses a combination of special felting and fulling techniques. She generously shares all her secrets with her online and offline students.
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Painting with fibers: realistic images with stencils. Video tutorial by Svetlana Fomina.
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