Experimenting with Surface Resists

In preparation for an upcoming workshop, I wanted to do more experimentation with surface resists. This 14"(w) x 10.5"(h), wet-felted, white-on-brown wool bowl is the most recent result. Kitty was hoping it was a cat cave, but alas, it is not. The slits were made using crescent-shaped pieces of plastic which were removed midway through the fulling stage — thereby allowing the cut edges to "heal" during the final fulling. Some stiffener was used to keep the soft vessel from denting when roughly handled. I've a few more experiments to do prior to the next Vessels & Votives workshop, so stay tuned.

Embellished Felted Vessel

Using trimmings from a larger project, I embellished a small, felted bowl by needle-felting the wet-felted remnants all around the outside. The finished piece somewhat resembles a cabbage — which made me smile while photographing it during a fresh snowfall this afternoon.

Woolly Woven Bowl with Foiling Feline

Available in Wildly Woolly's Etsy Shop

Designed and hand-crafted by Kim Buchheit
(Click to see animation!) Heh heh... oh the challenges of photoshoots. ;D Happy Monday...

Woven Woolly Bowls & Felted Bead Bracelet

Designed and handcrafted by Kim Buchheit
Been so busy making making making that I keep forgetting to take time to photograph my work and put some of it up in my Etsy shop. I promised myself I'd do so this week.... so, here are my latest woolly gifties: some ethnic-inspired, shabby-chic bowls and another fabby felted bracelet. The insides of the bowls were woven with churro and merino wool, jute, and some cotton/poly pompom accents; the outsides were crocheted in wool and attached to create substantial colorful vessels — rather Anthropolgie-esque, I think! I've got many more bracelets to shoot and add to my Etsy shop just in time for holiday gift-giving.

Etsy Front Page!

How delightful to discover that Jane's (thedoghouse) gorgeous Adventures in Aubergine treasury recently made the front page of Etsy... and, what a thrill to have my felted bowl included in this lovely collection. Thank you, Jane!

We <3 Press...

Felted bowl by Kim Buchheit

One of my felted bowls was featured in the beautiful Summer 2009 issue of Interiors Magazine under the heading of "Eco Friendly Finds"... how nice! This bowl and others available in Kim's Etsy Boutique.

Felted Bowl Give-Away

Felted bowl by Kim Buchheit

During the month of April, Craftbits is doing a promotion and giving away one of my hand-felted bowls (the one shown above). Click here to enter. I hope you win ;)

[Update: Contest has ended. Congratulations Sonya Keller of Park Forest, IL.]

Felted Footed Bowl in Etsy Treasury

What a nice Sunday surprise to hear that Jennifer, of Friendly Fairies, has included my magenta felted bowl in her darling Etsy Treasury. Thank you, Jennifer! 

Felted Bowl with Applique

Felted Bowl © Kim Buchheit

In an effort to cut down on the time it takes to make my felted bowls, I created this style above which has no pre-felting design done to it. In other words, the decorative work (the hot pink and popsicle-orange spirals made of roving) were applied by needle felting after the bowl was wet-felted by machine. I was pleased with the results; hope you are too! Bowl available through my Etsy shop. ~ Kim

UPDATE: This bowl has SOLD.

Felted Bowl in Etsy Treasury

What a great morning to find that my little aubergine felted bowl made it into a gorgeous Etsy Treasury. Thank you Lori from Risky Beads. (Be sure to check out Lori's unique and enchanting handmade jewelry collection!) ~ Kim

Etsy Treasury

Oh, what a delightful way to start the day – with a notification that one of my felted bowls made it into another Etsy Treasury. The very talented Leah of Spider Felt assembled this beautiful collection. Do check out her Etsy site when you're doing your holiday shopping – she makes gorgeous cozy-warm scarves and collars, among other lovely felted things. ~ Kim

Felted Bowls in the Woods

Felted bowls © Kim Buchheit; Photo © Mike Buchheit

We ran into the woods today with a colorful bunch of new felted bowls to shoot. Fun to photograph them in the wild where they seem to belong. A small mule deer watched us from a distance :) [These new felt bowls are available in Kim's Etsy store... just in time for holiday gift-giving!]

Holiday Bowls

Felted bowl © Kim Buchheit; Photo © Mike Buchheit

The holiday season is fast approaching, so my elf-self is felting Christmas and Hanukkah bowls as quickly as possilble. These latest gift-giving creations are now available through my Etsy site! ~ Kim

More Bowls

Design © Kim Buchheit

I just completed three more bowls -- available now through my Etsy shop. One has matching removable feet so you can adjust its profile. The bowl posted here was created for a dear friend who just got her MBA (congrats, Tery!)  ~Kim

Red Felted Bowl

Bowl design © Kim Buchheit; Photography © Mike Buchheit

Front and back view of latest felted bowl. I'll be posting more bowls tomorrow. Just need to add some roving applique to them (that's the fun part ;) ) ~ Kim