Jamie works in the kitchen at his Birmingham home most days felting wool fibres into large satchels, smaller bags, tea cosies, cushion covers and, of course, the Jamie's Felt Zoo animals. He was shown the basics of feltmaking by his mother, Christine Lewis, years ago and his first felting session produced a comfy pair of slippers. From there he's pretty much self taught, developing his own processes and his own style. Most of his work is felted in one piece around resists cut out from floor lino, rubbed by hand with olive oil soap and water or rolled in roman blinds. Jamie finishes products with poppers, buttons and linings whilst manning his stall at events.