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since July 2020
Big Ink: 4-day Felt Garment Class with Fiona Duthie
Big Ink is all about creating bold dramatic surfaces on garments that engage the wearer and the viewer. This is design that celebrates life and movement! We explore inks and paints for printing and drawing on textiles to add form, depth and line. Seamless garment design will be covered encompassing colour, form and fit, plus using resist additions and pleating for additional shaping and fit. Collar, sleeves and hood design will be covered, as well as tools and techniques to…
Find out more »Needle Felted Badger Workshop
This Needle Felting Workshop is on Friday 10th July, £35 per person and runs from 10am until 2.30pm with a short break for lunch. Participants will be taught the basics of needle felting however previous experience would be an advantage on this workshop. You will use a variety of wools, needles and techniques to create your very own Badger 🦡 A non-refundable deposit of £10 will secure your place on this workshop. I will then contact you a month before…
Find out more »Fibre + Paper + Ink: Illuminated with Fiona Duthie
Fibre + paper + ink together produce a unique and inspiring marked textile that illuminates more beautifully than any other combination. Paper adds unique textural and sculptural qualities to the felt, which we emphasize with bold ink work added to our final felt forms. In this class we cover resist work, paper selection and sources, ink for felt design, and the manipulation of form. Our main project will be a cylindrical table lamp. We’ll also explore a small sculptural lighting…
Find out more »since August 2020
Eco rug workshop with Vivienne Morpeth
With beautiful raw British fleeces learn how to felt an eco rug . One day , out door socially distanced , only six students, Glorious rug to take home and learn all about handling and felting with natural fleeces, beginners and experienced Feltmakers welcome
Find out more »since September 2020
Fissure II – Nuno Felted Scarves
Inspired by the Icelandic landscape, this workshop focuses on making a nuno felted scarf by creating fissure patterns and complex surface textures. During my visit to Iceland in 2019, I was struck by the juxtaposition of the rugged landscapes with the fragility of the environment, and the precarious existence of life on the island. As a result I have been exploring these aspects of the Icelandic environment in my sketchbooks and by fusing felted wool with silk fabrics. Taking this…
Find out more »Needle Felting Workshop – LIVE ONLINE
**LIVE ONLINE CLASS** NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP Make a Blue Tit. SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2020 • 1.30pm to 4.30pm GMT. Suitable for beginners - Adults and Teens. Join Léla from The Green Boat LIVE ONLINE as we learn how to make an adorable felted Blue Tit. All materials, tuition and postage are included in the price. Once booked on you will receive a materials pack containing everything you need. This will be posted out at least 1 week before the event.…
Find out more »3 summer workshops in France with GLADYS PAULUS POSTPONED same dates same program IN 2021
SESSION 1: This workshop gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in 5 days of experimental felt making. The aim of this workshop is not to create a perfect replica of a natural object, but rather to use nature as a starting point from which to explore surface design and sculptural forms. Through a series of samples and a personal project of your choice, a range of approaches and techniques will be explored, which can form the basis for further…
Find out more »Needle Felting Workshop – LIVE ONLINE
**LIVE ONLINE CLASS** NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP Make a Highland Cow. THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2020 • 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Suitable for beginners - Adults and Teens. Join Léla from The Green Boat LIVE ONLINE as we learn how to make an adorable felted highland cow. All materials, tuition and postage are included in the price. Once booked on you will receive a materials pack containing everything you need. This will be posted out 1 week before the event. An email will…
Find out more »Sculptural Felt with Osvalda Warner
This is a technique workshop focussing on creating shape and dimension by using different partial felts. You can see some examples of what can be achieved in the photo above. You will learn how to experiment with shape and placement to achieve different sculptural effects. £40 for members, £45 for non members, including baked potato lunch. Ahead of the workshop you will need to make some partial felt - to book and for details of how to make the partial…
Find out more »The White Cube
Join this workshop with felt making tutor, Stephanie Crechriou to explore the limits imposed upon art through the ''white cube''. Translating the term ''white cube''literally onto felt, the workshop encourages participants to craft on the cube rather than within it, considering the means by which artists have exposed or refused them through their practice. Crechriou has been teaching the technique of felt making, turning wool into amazing bespoke felt items since 2010 Registration required . 15 participants max. Meeting on…
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