MEMBER PROFILE
Debbie Lucas
Feltmaker,ecoprinter and natural dyer
The inspiration for Debbies work comes from her everyday surroundings – the changing landscape, flowers, leaves, trees and the patterns created in old patchwork quilts.
Recently Debbie has returned to her love of natural dyeing especially indigo. This has opened up the discovery of ecoprinting using plants and leaves from her garden to capture their prints on fabric mainly wool.
Debbie also trades as Moonside Leaf Prints, she is expanding her range by eco printing on felt vessels, bags, wool scarves, cards and pictures.
Debbie still sells felt kits these include sheep hares and landscapes. She also sells a range of sample eco printed packs and pieces of ecoprints on felt and vintage wool blankets.
Debbie has been a Wool Clip member since 2012 and has held the chairpersons role twice.
Debbie also trades as Moonside Leaf Prints she is now expanding her range by eco printing on to felt vessels, wool scarves, greeting cards and felt eco printed pictures.
She still makes felt landscape pictures, felt bags, corsages, accessories, cards and individual needle felted Herdwick sheep and hares.
Debbie sells a wide range wet felting kits so you can "have a go" yourself - including sheep, landscape and flowers. She also sells needle felting kits for Herdwick sheep, Swaledale sheep and hares.
Website: www.debbielucas.co.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbie_jean_lucas. www.Instagram.com/moonsideleafprints
Facebook: www.facebook.com/debbie.lucas.9693/
