Nuno Nouveau: Fashionable Felt for Accessories & Home Décor By Liz Clay, published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd (UK December 7, 2007) and North Light Books (USA December 26, 2007) (Allen and Unwin - Australia)

An exploration of traditional nuno felting techniques and experiments with different textural effects. Many of the projects have a natural organic look to them and it is obvious that the author is influenced greatly by natural patterns and textures. Nuno felting is the binding of wool fibres to woven fabrics. The end result is a new fabric with a changed structure enabling various effects to occur. The technique is that of wet felting. There is a very good instructions in the first section of the book, explaining the process and showing with good clear images the steps of each project.

Much of Liz’s work is very fine and light, utilising this quality of handmade felt while creating a strong piece - it is this complexity and versatility of felt that is interesting and explored in detail. The projects in this book are experimentations in texture and materials and as the author says are not technically difficult or require special equipment.

The projects are separated into sections - exploring texture, using pre-felts, cut and stitch, resist work, layering and haberdashery. Each section has a few projects and experiments to get various effects. This is a fabulous craft book with some innovative projects exploring old processes in new ways.

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