Class Content: We are going to collaborate together! Each student will make a 4 inch square of felt, and then we will put all the squares together into a Community Project. This project will be displayed at the Tellico Library. This class is a new experiment: we will learn and practice wet felting techniques that you can apply to other projects, but we will combine our finished art pieces today into a community art project. When it is displayed at the library, viewers will be able to move the pieces around to create new designs, and they will be introduced to the art of wool fiber art.

During our class, you will learn surface design techniques for felting wool: using the color wheel to choose colors, using plant fibers to embellish, using black and white to enhance design, using lines to make movement, using fabrics to create textures, using shapes to create focal points. I will supply all wool, fibers, fabrics, and bubble wrap.

Supply List:

• 6 old hand towels/dish towels
• one small 1 quart bowl
• one ball brause IF you have it
• embroidery needles IF you have them (1 or 2)
• scissors

Biography: I have been teaching felting classes for two years. I have focused on teaching the wet felting process to create structural shapes and 2D designs. During the last 10 years, I have felted vessels, garments, and sculptures. Finding and using fabrics to incorporate into the felting process is a small obsession of mine. I have been inspired by the art of Fiona Duthie for many years, and I have borrowed from her Creative Sparks method to create this collaborative class that focuses on Surface Design techniques.

Instructor Website: https://woolfelteddesigns.etsy.com