Making Your Presence Felt (from Head to Toe)
Learn how to transform wool into felt, a non-woven artistic medium that can be displayed or worn. The class will begin with instruction on choosing wool fiber and making felt with traditional wet felting and needle felting techniques. The class will advance in designing felt with color, pattern, texture, non-wool fibers, and shibori techniques. Demonstrations for creating a number of class projects (jewelry, hats, scarves and bags) will be presented, but students will be encouraged to experiment and explore the creative possibilities that felt has to offer.
Gail Maraman is a fiber artist and teacher with a passion for feltmaking. She has taught feltmaking to adults and children since 1995. Using the wool from her own sheep, she designs, produces, and sells hand-felted items ranging from whimsical toys to practical clothing. Her work has been exhibited in fine art centers and museums in Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and Keskemet, Hungary. Gallery
Beginner to Intermediate, Limit 15
Workshop Status: Confirmed