300 eyelets later...

4 lovely smoos stacked up and ready...

Putting in eyelets

SBW table top

Drying racks are in place, legs are bring fabricated, alls good in the world of wool...

Nothing but starch and wool

Hmmmm

Experimenting is fun

Whilst I wait for casts to dry can't help but keep having fun with starch and felt...

Thanks Andrew

Doodels on the way to Brighton

Thinking about layering cut felt shapes to create a light filter like sun through the sakura...

i gotta lotta legs... but i can do better!

i want more taper and less over spill

another leg mould

hmmm still not quite right...

THANKYOU ECOS

Thank you ECOS for sending me this giant bucket of organic lacquer... its going to seal my SBW up a treat

http://www.ecospaints.com/

red and gold

red felt and gold eyelets... i like.

ive got nice legs... table legs.

how to cook legs out of SBW...

trying to speed up casting time

by cutting steam escape slots... didn't really work but worth a try!

to dye or not to dye...

BIG MOULD

thanks to andrew marshall for making this amazing mould for me!

mixing party

thanks to my happy helpers for mixing my SBW with me!

its such a perfect day

painting, testing and listening to sigur ros, perfect.

dying the wool

ive dyed a load of wool to use for the larger sheets next week

todays test : great surface finish

i am now finding the perfect time/heat/thickness before casting a BIG sheet next week with the help of Andrew Marshall

testing, testing, and much much more testing.

heres one way to do it

one way to keep the whole thing, even the joints, low impact

good bioplastic blog...

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/374-Cooking-molding-bioplastics-at-home-recipes,-results-tips.html

more examples of the wonders of felt...

http://www.yatzer.com/Fashioning-Felt-at-Cooper-Hewitt