Wool painting and felted pictures courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

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Wool painting & felted picture courses, live classes, kits and online workshops from UK makers and felt artists. Create a beautiful landscape, abstract art, or a detailed portrait of your beloved pet. Learn to 'paint' with wool from seasoned professionals and surprise yourself at the results! Using a barbed needle instead of a paintbrush and coloured wool, you can create stunning works of art.

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"Field with red poppies" wool painting interactive online course with live tuition.

"Field with red poppies" wool painting interactive online course with live tuition.

Live online course

- Next course on 22nd May 2021

"Field with red poppies" wool painting interactive online course with live tuition. (Suitable for Complete Beginners ) Wool painting or wool watercolour, as some people call it, is a unique relatively new technique which originated in St. Petersburg. This is not felt making. It is about creating a fibre picture using merino wool, silk and viscose. Laying and shaping fibres, blending the colours together, creating beautiful textures and effects with a professional Artist Raya Brown is a great experience for complete beginners as well as people with some knowledge of...

"Field with red poppies" wool painting interactive online course with live tuition. (Suitable for Complete Beginners ) Wool painting or wool watercolour, as some people call it, is a unique...

Crafts in the Valley - Felted Pictures Workshop in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Crafts in the Valley - Felted Pictures Workshop in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 26th May 2021

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Learn how to create watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass workshops at the Creative Chameleon Studio in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire. Full day workshops start at 10.30am and finishing at approximately 4.00pm. In this full day workshop you will have the opportunity to experiment with a range of textiles skills including wet felting, needle felting, hand embroidery and free motion machine embroidery. By the end of the day you will have created a beautiful piece...

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Learn how to create watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass workshops at the Creative Chameleon Studio in...

Felt Pictures-Painting with fibres - intro to 2D wet felting/felt making inspired by your own image with Purr & Wag It, Tabletop Workshops

Felt Pictures-Painting with fibres - intro to 2D wet felting/felt making inspired by your own image with Purr & Wag It, Tabletop Workshops

In-person course

London - Next course on 23rd May 2021

Where a workshop is full or fixed dates don't suit - gather together a group of 2-4 and get in touch for a flexible date and time just for you. If you are a school or community group please contact me as workshops and inset days are priced separately. You will be guided through how to lay out the fibres to make a flat piece of felt as well as using carders to blend colours. Then using the reference material you have brought with you, learn how to create a...

Where a workshop is full or fixed dates don't suit - gather together a group of 2-4 and get in touch for a flexible date and time just for you....

Fun with Felt Flowers

Fun with Felt Flowers

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 20th May 2021

We were sort of back on track and I was teaching one to one or small groups of friends - sorry I cannot at this stage agree to teach anyone face to face but I hope that by spring the strings will be loosened somewhat. Meanwhile, see below for Workshop in a Wallet listings - or book now and we'll sort out a date as soon as we are allowed to. Fun with felt flowers gives beginners all the basic information to learn felting around a resist. In the three...

We were sort of back on track and I was teaching one to one or small groups of friends - sorry I cannot at this stage agree to teach anyone...

Little needle felted dogs and cats with Josephine at the Birchcliffe Centre in Hebden Bridge

Little needle felted dogs and cats with Josephine at the Birchcliffe Centre in Hebden Bridge

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 18th May 2021

A full day workshop with fibre and mixed media artist and tutor Josephine Gornall. Discover how to make a gorgeous little needle felted dog or cat of any breed or type using just a felting needle to felt natural wool fibres together. Discover how to put these all together, do body shaping and make ears to bring your mini pet to life. How to blend colours, make textures and features to create the unique character of your dog or cat. Complete by adding glass eyes and a nose. Bring along...

A full day workshop with fibre and mixed media artist and tutor Josephine Gornall. Discover how to make a gorgeous little needle felted dog or cat of any breed or...

Needle Felting Workshop - landscape pictures

Needle Felting Workshop - landscape pictures

In-person course

Wiltshire - Next course on 18th May 2021

We now open from 12 April. I have put some available dates in but please select 'chat with the maker' to check with me first to see if they are still available (life has a habit of getting in the way!). Our needle-felting workshops usually start at 10.00 am with an introduction to the tools and methods used in producing the pictures. This is followed by working on a miniature moorland picture using Merino wool fleece. We then usually have a break for coffee and danish and then continue with...

We now open from 12 April. I have put some available dates in but please select 'chat with the maker' to check with me first to see if they are...

‘Sunset in wool painting' interactive online course with live tuition

‘Sunset in wool painting' interactive online course with live tuition

Live online course

- Next course on 20th June 2021

This is an enjoyable wool painting taster course for anyone! You will learn a unique relatively new technique of painting with wool or ‘wool watercolour’ as some people call it and explore natural fibres. It is a perfect way to relax at home. Using a great new format of learning in the virtual classroom environment via Zoom, you will have plenty of interaction with your tutor Raya Brown and like-minded students, receive individual help, show your work to the tutor as well as watch great quality live Art demonstrations. This...

This is an enjoyable wool painting taster course for anyone! You will learn a unique relatively new technique of painting with wool or ‘wool watercolour’ as some people call it...

Needle felt a toadstool - online workshop with full kit provided

Needle felt a toadstool - online workshop with full kit provided

Live online course

- Next course on 28th August 2021

Join me for an online needle felting workshop where you can make your own little felted toadstool 🍄. You will be sent a kit containing all the materials you need ahead of time. Classes are taught via zoom, allowing you to have a crafty couple of hours from the comfort of your own home 😊. Zoom is easy to use. I will set up a meeting and will send you a link ahead of time. Feel free to log in 15 minutes before the workshop starts so you can get...

Join me for an online needle felting workshop where you can make your own little felted toadstool 🍄. You will be sent a kit containing all the materials you need...

Painting with Wool

Painting with Wool

In-person course

Staffordshire - Next course on 12th June 2021

Face to face classes: (on-line by request) I am so excited to be starting to teach again and have all of the necessary proceedures in place and am teaching small groups. A flexible day of different techniques to suit you: Choose one. Seamless Bag, Cosy Toes Slippers or a Large Picture (or 2 medium pics) *All materials are Included. All techniques- You will be using soft merino wool fibres and a silky mixed fibres and more so as your work is unique to you. Bags or slippers use the same...

Face to face classes: (on-line by request) I am so excited to be starting to teach again and have all of the necessary proceedures in place and am teaching small...

Explore felt-making with fibres and fabric with Josephine in Hebden Bridge

Explore felt-making with fibres and fabric with Josephine in Hebden Bridge

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 23rd May 2021

A fun workshop with fibre and mixed media artist and tutor Josephine Gornall. Experiment and explore felt-making with a variety of different techniques to make a felt picture. Lots of samples to look at in my studio where the class is based, followed by a practical demonstration of felt-making, then make one or two textural pictorial - seascape, landscape or abstract felted peices. Select from a wide choice of gorgeous coloured wools, plant fibres, yarns and fabrics. Explore mixing colours and using different types of fibres together. Embed wool, yarns...

A fun workshop with fibre and mixed media artist and tutor Josephine Gornall. Experiment and explore felt-making with a variety of different techniques to make a felt picture. Lots of...

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