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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Painting with wool and silk fibres: Pictures, Slippers, Scarves, Bags & more

Painting with wool and silk fibres: Pictures, Slippers, Scarves, Bags & more

Staffordshire - Next course on 30th April 2020

You have the choice of making a unique nuno felted scarf, a warm woolly scarf or a piece of wall-art. Beginners welcome. Scarf option: during this fabulous felting day, we will make a scarf using soft merino wool and incorporating a beautiful 100% silk scarf and silky fibres to give it a shimmer effect if desired. Sarf included in price. By manipulating a thin layer of wool through a fine woven material, we will make a scarf with characteristics which are quite different from a traditional felt and is much...

3 day extended felt picture masterclass with Bridget Bernadette Karn

3 day extended felt picture masterclass with Bridget Bernadette Karn

Buckinghamshire - Next course on 3rd August 2020

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

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

Cambridgeshire - Next course on 26th April 2020

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. 26th of April is fully booked now. Please enquire for the latest information via "contact" button. Please visit this page frequently as...

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

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

Warwickshire - Next course on 11th May 2020

As featured in Country Living Magazine - fun and inspiring beginners needle felting workshops, in the beautiful surroundings of Crafty Gal HQ, Needle Felting Studio in Marlcliff, near Bidford on Avon. Whether you’ve seen needle felting on TV, had a little go or just fancy trying something creative and different - this course is for you. An introduction to the magic of dry needle felting incl. all the basic techniques, step by step, to get you started and to create a beautiful woodland creature of your very own. Makes a...

Wet felting expressive landscapes in wools and silks

Wet felting expressive landscapes in wools and silks

Wet felting is often described as ‘painting with wool’ because it allows for the artistic freedom of working with the different colours of wool which allows for an element of surprise, similar to water colour painting. First steps… Make the basic felt by laying down drafts of wool rovings and then adding colourful wools and silks to your design. Manipulation and rolling using warm water and olive oil soap until your desired result achieved. How to finish and dry your work. Advice on mounting and framing felted pictures and wall...

Needle felted animals or pictures- Feltworld

Needle felted animals or pictures- Feltworld

Staffordshire - Next course on 20th April 2020

During this half day workshop you will create a needle felted animal or a flat picture of any image you choose. We will be using various wool fibres and a barbed felting needle to knit the fibres together. Beginner to some experience. Half day- Small animals could be an owl, penguin, bird or similar. Full day- Available. Create a much larger and detailed animal and really get to grips with the techniques needed to carry to create detail. With small stabbing actions you will knit the fibres into a form...

Needle felt your dog with Crafty Gal

Needle felt your dog with Crafty Gal

Warwickshire - Next course on 29th April 2020

Fun and inspiring 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 Crafty Gal HQ, Needle Felting Studio in Marlcliff, near Bidford on Avon. In this workshop we will focus on your dog, using wire, colour blending and the many techniques and short cuts and techniques you will need to really get to grips with this joyous craft. Whether you’ve seen needle felting on TV, had a little go or just fancy trying something...

Tabletop workshops by Purr & Wag It: intro to wet felting: make a felted picture using your own reference photo

Tabletop workshops by Purr & Wag It: intro to wet felting: make a felted picture using your own reference photo

London - Next course on 25th April 2020

25% discount for February Workshop full or can't make my dates - gather together a group of 4 and get in touch for a date and time just for you. Are you 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 simple...

Needle felted framed picture/scene

Needle felted framed picture/scene

Worcestershire - Next course on 18th April 2020

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

Carmarthenshire

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...

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