Felting courses

Sub-categories: Felt art & wool painting | Felt-making (wet felting) | Needle felting | Nuno felting

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Enter the versatile world of felt and discover the many applications from clothes to art, 2D or 3D, wet, needle or nuno, if you can imagine it, you can make it!

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3 day extended felt picture masterclass with Bridget Bernadette Karn

3 day extended felt picture masterclass with Bridget Bernadette Karn

In-person course

Buckinghamshire

Learn how to use wool like paint to create a beautiful, textured, felted picture. After the success of her courses in 2019, Bridget returns to The Studio in 2020 with a new and advanced course. Working from an inspirational image, Bridget will teach and guide you through the range of processes and techniques needed to create your own, unique, felted picture. As well as recapping the techniques for building your picture, using a combination of pre felting, dry felting and wet felting techniques, you will spend time really exploring how...

Needle felted framed picture/scene

Needle felted framed picture/scene

In-person course

In this workshop you will take part in a fun, experimental felting morning, suitable for beginners or people who have some needle felting knowledge. You will produce a 9 x 9 inch felted picture (complete with mount and frame) to take home. You will learn basic needle felting skills using a range of carded wool and extra detailing through embroidery stitches and beadwork. You will be working on a wool felt background piece and felting pad, working to manipulate & build up your picture using the various wool types and...

Wet-Felting workshop with Fabulous Feltings

Wet-Felting workshop with Fabulous Feltings

In-person course

Carmarthenshire - Next course on 15th July 2020

Full day (10.00-17.00) wet-felting workshop in my riverside cottage studio for a minimum of 2 attendees, maximum of 4. You will learn 3 types of wet-felting: - Basic wet-felting - making a fabric from wool fibres by using moisture and heat, without the use of stitching, sticking or sewing. - Nuno felting - combining an open weave fabric plus wool fibres to create a light-weight felt. - Cobweb felting - creating a thin and delicate felt with a 'cobwebby' appearance. At the end of the day you will have learnt...

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

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

Live online tuition

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...

"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 tuition

"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...

Needle felting with The Lady Moth - interactive online sessions

Needle felting with The Lady Moth - interactive online sessions

Live online tuition

Interactive online sessions with Zenia - The Lady Moth, a fibre artist, designer and an experienced teacher. My online sessions last 4-5 hours including breaks, there is plenty of time to interact and ask questions. Subjects will differ for each date - I have several plant and animal projects designed especially for beginners and improvers. The content of each workshop varies from date to date, please contact me for more information. There will be only 5-7 students per class and I will have time to assist everyone's progress. My camera...

Needle felted animals or pictures

Needle felted animals or pictures

In-person course

During this full day workshop you will create a needle felted animal. We will be using various wool fibres and a barbed felting needle to knit the fibres together. Beginner to some experience. During a full day you can make one of the larger animals seen in the images and really get to grips with the techniques needed. With small stabbing actions you will knit the fibres into a form that will grow very quickly by sculpting the wool. I have many examples that you can use for inspiration of...

Wet Felt a vibrant wallhanging in fine merino wools with silk embellishments.

Wet Felt a vibrant wallhanging in fine merino wools with silk embellishments.

Craft kit or book

Bring joy to your world when you felt a vibrant wallhanging in beautiful merino wool tops embellished with silks and pencil yarn. My huge tribal wallhangings and window-hangings have been acclaimed by people searching for a more meaningful and spiritual artistic expression for their inner hopes and feelings. This project might take you several hours or even a day to accomplish, but working with these vibrant colours and being able to walk away and return to it afresh will be a transformative experience. Instructions ( online illustrated step by step...

Needle felting with The Lady Moth in Cambridge - animals & wool paintings

Needle felting with The Lady Moth in Cambridge - animals & wool paintings

In-person course

Needle felting classes suitable for beginners and improvers. Run by Żenia, an experienced teacher, designer and fibre artist known as The Lady Moth. The content of each course varies from date to date & projects change seasonally. During the upcoming workshops we will be making Birds, Bunnies and Barn Owls. Workshops sell out fast so please book early to avoid disappointment, I take only 7 students per class. Please enquire for the latest information via the "Ask a question" button. Please visit this page frequently as new dates are being...

Needle felting workshop - Harry the Hare, Frankie Fox or Billy Badger

Needle felting workshop - Harry the Hare, Frankie Fox or Billy Badger

In-person course

As featured in Country Living Magazine - fun and inspiring beginners needle felting workshops suitable for all levels but especially those ready to take their needle felting to the next stage. In the beautiful surroundings of Bonds Lifestyle near Stratford Upon Avon, we will focus on creating a gorgeous woodland creature of your choice, colour blending and the many techniques and short cuts you will need to really get to grips with this joyous craft. A gorgeous hare, fox, badger, mouse and squirrel are the options but if you have...

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