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DF: Four times a year a rabbit sheds its hair, so you can pull it off using your hand -- it just comes right off. Then I take the hair and spin it on a spinning wheel to make hats, scarves, mitts, sweaters and slippers. Angora is eight times warmer than wool so it is great for this climate. For public demonstrations I sit the rabbit down on my lap and draw the hair right off the rabbit into the orfice of the spinning wheel. But this way takes longer, so I only use this method when people are there to watch.
DF: When I was a kid my mom told me a story about growing up on a farm where she had pet rabbits. One day she and her brother were supposed to bring lunch out to their grandfather in the field, but they fed the lunch to the rabbits instead. He was so mad he killed the rabbits. That story upset me but also made me want a pet rabbit. So at the age of eight I went to the pet store and bought two rabbits and brought them home. I have had rabbits ever since.I also make fibre sculptures of pelicans and polar bears that are made of wool that is sculpted using a compacting tool. I cover the polar bear sculptures with dog hair to make their fur and mount them on a rock. I have also made some sculptures from cat hair and I am going to try horse hair next to make horse sculptures. I also make fibre sculptures of dogs using dog hair.See the full content of this document
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Catching a Wave
By Cheryl Binning
MORE than 30 Interlake artists are throwing open their doors this weekend for the fifth Wave Artists' Studio Tour.Travelling north of the city along Lake Winnipeg's western shore, the self-guided t...See the full content of this document
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