Ever heard of felting, but not sure what it is? Wet felting is the process by which loose wool fibers transform into a non woven textile with the application of soap, water and agitation. It’s magical! Learn the art of felt making with award winning fiber artist Suzanne O’Brien, and learn how to make a tiny seamless felted wool bowl! Create a beautiful whimsical felt bowl, just using colorful wool fibers and soap, water and bubble wrap. Examples of larger projects, and applications of this technique will be brought to class. The possibilities are endless!
NYS Sheep & Wool Workshop
Registration Opens Sunday, July 26th, 12:00 PM EDT
Felted Tiny Vessel
Date: Sunday (10/18)
Time: 10:00 AM-
1:00 PM
Fee: $75.00
Duration: Half Day
Skill Level: Open to All
Category: Felting
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Suzanne
O'Brien
Suzanne O'Brien is the owner and creator of ZanieCrafts, Handmade Fiber Art since 2013. She is a juried Roycroft Artisan and a member of the Roycrofters-At-Large Association, and a juried artist member of the Arts and Craftsmen Guild on the Roycroft Campus in East Aurora, NY. She has won several prizes for her felted work at local art shows.
She specializes in wet felted accessories, vessels and nuno-felted scarves. She also dyes fiber for felting and spinning, and loves to teach wet and needle felting classes in Western New York. Her work can be found in the Copper Shop Gallery in East Aurora, NY and Buffalo ShopCraft in Buffalo.
Send an email to Suzanne: zaniecrafts@gmail.com
Material fee
$20
fee includes
A complete wet felting kit; hand dyed superfine merino wool, olive oil soap, plastic resist, bubble wrap, and full color picture tutorial on the process. I will also bring water bottles, plastic lunch trays, towels, embellishments, and towels, and buckets to empty lunch trays.
Payment instructions
cash, day of the festival.
prerequisites
None
Homework
None
Items to bring
-Plastic Gloves if needed, Wet felting involves having hands wet and soapy for a significant period of time.
-Old clothes/an apron, Dye from hand dyed fiber and embellishments can bleed when warm water and soap is applied.
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