Poppy touch lamp

This beautiful hand made lamp is wet felted around a glass lamp with Merino and Corriedale wool. The poppies are wet felted and then the details is needle felted to create a very original lamp.

These lamps plug into an NZ socket and have a touch lamp base. We recommend an LED light bulb to be used with this lamp.

Why wool?
• Wool is naturally fire resistant and fire retardant.
• It is natural odour resistant and antibacterial.
• It is biodegradable and very durable.
• A natural choice and healthy choice of fibre.
• We only use wool from non-mulesed sheep. It is a cruel practice and we take special care to make sure that our wool comes from sheep that are treated with love respect.

What is wet felting?

This item is handmade from scratch from fleece. Wet felting is a process starting with washed and carded fleece which is then laid out in layers. Warm water and soap is then applied and it is gently massaged to get the fibres to start to stick together. A pattern is then laid out using different coloured fleece to create a wool painting. The wetting and rubbing process is then continued until the wool is no longer coming apart and all the fibres are meshed together. Then the really vigorous part of rolling begins. Felters are known for having strong arms! Sometimes it can take hours to get a really thick tight piece of felt.
By using this technique and something called a resist we are able to make 3d items with no seams so this hot water bottle is seamless. They are also completely unique, as with any type of art, you can never completely recreate something identically and the same is true for painting with wool.
To get some of the further details I then use a needle felting technique to put in some of the finer details. This involves using the carded fleece and a barbed needle which pushes the wool together and makes the fibres become entwined.

Please remember that computers show colours differently so sometimes the item might be slightly different than it looks on the screen.

Customisation
We can customise. We understand everyone likes different kinds things and we are happy to discuss your needs!


Refund and return and shipping
If you are not happy with your product I will offer a refund within 7 days of receipt. The customer will be responsible for postage costs both for outward and return journeys.
Items will be posted 2-7 days after payment is received.
The customer is responsible for any customs duties at the receivers end(international).

Cleaning
Spot clean gently with warm water

Felted goods are one of a kind. No item can be replicated exactly. Each item is unique. Felted items are made with 100% New Zealand Merino, Romney, Corriedale and Alpaca.