I took on an unusual request yesterday to felt human hair. The request came from a local art student who was working on a project with the theme, recycling the unexpected. He'd collected a weeks worth of hair clippings from a hairdressers. I asked if he'd like to come and make the felt with me and he jumped at the chance.
We blended some merino wool in several shades of brown to match the colours of the hair. We then layered the hair with the merino wool in a ratio that would still show the hair more than the wool - the result was very good. I suggested he spray the felt with a dilute PVA glue to stop the hairs from shedding. He intends to use the felt to make a seat cover for a chair, the rest of the chair will be made from large cow bones. I'll post some photos when I see the finished piece...should be interesting!
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The request came from a local art student who was working on a project with the theme, recycling the unexpected. He'd collected a weeks worth of hair clippings from a hairdressers. I asked if he'd like to come and make the felt with me and he jumped at the chance.
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Kate
5/13/2015 10:35:25 am
Im thinking of doing something similar for my artwork, glad to see someone has attempted this before !
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Hi Kate I laid out the wool first, then put a thin layer of hair on top and trapped it with a thin layer of wool on top of the hair.It's better to use longer strands of hair if you have them as short clippings just shed when the felt is moved about. It's not something that has any real practical application other than for an art project.
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Seemab
5/7/2017 03:45:22 am
Hey i have to use this felt do guide me the procedure for my project
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Sean Brown
10/10/2019 03:48:43 pm
Wanted to know what kind of machine was using to stretch the hair to make felt
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