Felting

Extended Abstract
While textile was first produced together with the existence of human being within the direction of needs
related thereto, it continues to exist as a different means of expression in the fields of art in addition to the field
of daily use over time. It is known that felting and knitting, which have a significant place within the art of
textile, have been created in different styles within the scope of different civilizations. Notwithstanding that the
traditional production of felt and knitted products, used as functional objects within the historical process,
continues, it is also seen that they are used in shaping design objects, formed by the modern design approach
as industrial production. At the current period, it is seen that various forms, textures, and volumes are sought
on surfaces by the use of different textile techniques, and different experiments and searches, used especially in
felt and knitting techniques take place as a means of expression in the fields of art.
The objective of the research is also to put forth the stage of the art object and artistic apparel through different
forms and textures with the provision of bulky effects on the surface by combining felting feature of wool with
different knitting techniques. In the research aiming to discover new methods of establishing a relationship
between felt and knitting techniques that have been two separate textile techniques, the establishment of a
dialogue between the design disciplines and relationships between the art object and artistic apparel design
variables are examined between the size and space interval. This is to catch a different and innovative
viewpoint with raw wool and yarns, which are used in the artistic object and artistic apparel forms.
Nevertheless, the objective hereunder is to bring out different visual effects in artistic works through the use of
repeated formation methods from the part to the whole.
While the surface searches in the research, are developed through the usage of wool material, they have been
limited by knitting & felting techniques. The methods, used in knitting techniques, refer only to hand knitting.
The potential of the wool material in its transformation into the artistic object constituted innovative, variable
textures, different forms and volumetric alternatives on the surfaces of the works through its combination with
the knitting and felting techniques. The dimensional changes having arisen with the felting have changed the
formation opportunities of art objects and apparel and brought forth unexpected and extraordinary effects. In
addition to this, all artistic works gained visual variety by the use of different colours and colour shades. At the
work where new modelling opportunities are presented beyond apparel manufacturing methods, a literature
review has been made by taking advantage of a descriptive scanning method and then, an action research
method was used in the artistic object and artistic apparel application processes so formed up. According to
results, obtained from the research that analysed the wool under a new light as a versatile natural fibre, it has
been understood that the wool continues to be a lasting trend ranging from fleece to the art object and fashion,
and the wool material and its potential has also been noticed in the fields of design and art apart from the
provision of conformance of the wool and knitting industry through its features of high performance only to
the modernity and commercial success. Furthermore, it also shows that the use of the felt and knitting
technique jointly created different artistic textile forms and that these forms could be diversified