The Moorend Felts studio is based under Blencathra in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside. It was set up in 2006, and is run by local artist Linda Chapman who specialises in unique, one off textile creations.

The Artist
Linda studied a BA Hons degree in Design at Hertfordshire University, specialising in fine art. It wan't until she completed her degree and whilst travelling throughout Malaysia, India, Nepal and Australia that she developed her increasing love of textiles. This love led her to explore mixed media textiles including hand embroidery techniques and feltmaking which she perfected during her 6 years of working within the textile industry.

The Feltmaking Process
Feltmaking is a very tactile process and is incredibly therapeutic. The felt is created from natural wool tops and worked until the fibres 'interlock' to create a strong fabric. This fabric is then lovingly felted into its final shape. Some items, such as slippers and bags require a heavy duty fabric and thus contain more layers of wool fibres to provide the robustness that is required, whereas scarves require a much softer felted fabric that is light and fluid when worn. As the entire process is all carried out by hand you can be assured of complete uniqueness in which ever item you choose.

Recycling - Linda also felts with old wool jumpers and blankets giving them a new lease of life and creating the wonderful corsages, brooches and bag decorations available in the catalogue today.