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Realitas Craft Facts - Felting

Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres.

Felt is made by a process called wet felting where the natural wool fibres, stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture (usually soapy water), move at a 90 degree angle towards the friction source and then away again, in effect making little ‘tacking’ stitches.

While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any colour, and made into any shape or size.

Realitas Craft Facts – Dichroic Glass

Dichroic glass contains multiple micro-layers of metals or oxides which give the glass dichroic optical properties. The main characteristic is that it has a particular transmitted colour and different reflected colour, as certain wavelengths of light either pass through or are reflected. This causes an array of colour to be displayed.

Realitas Craft Facts – Cork

Cork is an impermeable, buoyant material that is found beneath the bark of the Cork Oak. Harvested commercially, the Cork Oak is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.

Because of its impermeability, buoyancy, elasticity, and fire resistance, it is used in a variety of products, the most common of which is for wine stoppers.