I took the afternoon off yesterday to go an visit an exhibition entitled Cocoon. My friend Lorraine Pocklington has her felting and natural dying work on display at Rhosygilwen near Cardigan. It’s well worth a visit if you are in Pembrokeshire over the weekend (until Sunday 19 October).
Ty Solar in the rain
The work is being exhibited in Tŷ Solar, an amazing eco-house on the Rhosygilwen estate that shows off just how energy efficient a well-designed house can be. Even on a rainy, grey day the house was bright and warm inside and provided a lovely setting for all of Lorraine’s creations. Her work adorned the kitchen, living room, hall, bathroom and two bedrooms. She had included practical items – place mats, oven mitts, a bath math – as well as clothes, shoes and decorative objects. It really goes to show what a versatile material wool is. I think that the work speaks for itself:
What a talented friend I have!
The Snail of Happiness 
KayT
/ October 17, 2014Wow, you’re right, you do have an amazingly talented friend. And how it must look in that perfect showcase, must be right at home there! But remember, she has an amazing talented friend too – YOU! X
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 17, 2014*Blushes* – thank you! Good to be surrounded by friend to inspire me too.
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katechiconi
/ October 17, 2014Beautiful work! And I make felt myself, so I know what a lot of work went into what you’ve shown. That fancy jacket at the end is enviable, if a bit impractical for the climate I live in!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 17, 2014Some of her felting is astonishingly fine… but not fine enough for the tropics!
I did notice that, amongst her samples, she had some felted possum fur. Perhaps you could have a go!
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katechiconi
/ October 17, 2014It’s a bit hard to come by, but I might be able to get some alpaca roving from the lady who contributed the poo for my garden! But neither possum fur nor alpaca can be felted alone, you have to use it mixed with sheep wool, which has the right kind of cuticles on the fibres to make felt.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 17, 2014Yes, I can’t remember what sheep breed wool she had combined it with. She also had some beautiful samples of wool and tussah silk felt, but these days she’s sticking to local fibres, so mainly sheep here in west Wales!
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davidprosser
/ October 17, 2014And what a talented friend she has too coincidentally.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 17, 2014Thank you
xxx hugs and blushes xxx
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KerryCan
/ October 17, 2014I’ve seen so much felting lately and so much of it leaves me cold but this artist . . . wow–now that’s beautiful stuff!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 17, 2014A lot of her work is very subtle and natural… it certainly works for me!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ October 17, 2014I’m impressed! I’ve done felting – my outcomes were never particularly impressive. Your friend is very talented! I love the boots 🙂
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katythenightowl
/ October 17, 2014Wow! Such wonderful work – your friend is very talented, isn’t she? 🙂
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narf77
/ October 17, 2014Lovely stuff and I particularly love the egg caps, the felted boots (with the different coloured laces) and that glorious ottoman. You do, indeed, have a most talented friend 🙂
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Nice piece of work
/ October 18, 2014pixie hats! those are to die for!
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ October 20, 2014Oooh, beautiful work in a lovely setting! I especially like the egg cosies and the felted satchel. Thanks for sharing!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ October 20, 2014She really does make lovely things… and I was thinking that you could wind the tops of the egg cosies round and turn them into snails!
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