Surface Design Online runs from January 5 – February 18, 2024. This class is now FULL for this session.
The online classroom opens on December 15th for introductions and to go over the materials you need for the class.
Workshop Fee: $295.00 USD
The materials list is available here.
Great for beginning feltmakers! This course provides you with an amazing library of textures and opportunity to improve your feltmaking exponentially!
Feltmaking is a fibre art form that allows for the greatest exploration of surface design within a single medium. This workshop is a study in many combinations of felting and surface design, each implemented at different times through the felting process. Layering different wool breeds for effect, Nuno quilting in silks and cottons, protrusions, spikes, shibori shaping, slashes and holes, carving, pencil rovings, prefelts, pockets, resists, inclusions, stitching during and after……
This is a very dynamic, explorative class- full of energy, ideas and inspiration. This workshop is for people interested in deepening their knowledge of fibres, learning new embellishment techniques or those just wanting to have some fun exploring new ideas. We make a 6 x 6 inch (15cm square) sample for each new technique to build a fantastic resource library, or inspiration board and then implement these techniques in a finished felting project in the last week.
This is a beginner level class. For those who have made some flat wet felted pieces, and have a basic understanding of the wet felting process. If you are a beginning feltmaker, work through my Introduction to Flat Feltmaking tutorial to become familiar with the materials and the techniques.
The class is six weeks long and is delivered in one week modules for this session:
Week 1: Fibres and Surfaces
combining felting and non-felting fibres, shadowing, silks and cottons-quilting, folds and ripples
Week 2: Surface Resists
wool breeds, plastics and foams, craters, pockets, loops and bridges, gems and beads, tape
Week 3: Nuno Felting Inclusions and Resists
Week 4: Wool and Prefelt Additions
prefelt, pencil rovings, yarns, spikes, cones, blossoms
Week 5: Surface Alterations
holes, multilayered hills and ridges, carving, lace, shibori stitching and anemones
Week 6: Individual project
Each student will pick out the elements that they most want to explore further and integrate these surface design elements in a felt project like a scarf, bag, wall piece, or sculpture.
New material will be available each Friday, with about 6-8 hours of student time recommended each week for design and feltmaking. You can decide when you work on each module. Work on one design element each day, or dedicate a day to work through the material all at once. I answer questions and give comments throughout the course in the private online classroom, allowing all participating students to learn through one another’s projects.
Please do email Fiona if you have any questions about the class.
The materials list is available here.
Workshop Dates:
The next workshop begins on January 5, 2024. The class runs for 6 weeks, until February 18, 2023.
The online classroom opens on December 15th for introductions and to go over the materials you need for the class.
You have lifetime access to all workshop materials, including videos, discussions and PDF’s.