Born in Cumbria in 1976 Deborah has always loved art and crafts, but kept this as a hobby as she studied speech and language therapy at university and worked in this profession until having her family. On becoming a stay-at-home mum Deborah found more time to be creative, both with her children and alone. It was a felting project at her daughter's school which inspired attendance on a short course
Born in Cumbria in 1976 Deborah has always loved art and crafts, but kept this as a hobby as she studied speech and language therapy at university and worked in this profession until having her family. On becoming a stay-at-home mum Deborah found more time to be creative, both with her children and alone.
It was a felting project at her daughter\'s school which inspired attendance on a short course and Deborah has not stopped felting since, experimenting with both wet and dry techniques and a variety of subjects.
Deborah loves the texture and colours which can be achieved with the wool and enjoys the whole felting process which can surprise and delight as each creation changes from a deep pile of layered wool tops to the soaped, rolled and rinsed finished piece. Then upon drying, the colours and textures re-emerge and finally, the result can be seen
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