Education: ‘Fine Felt’ – Technical Wet Felting Workshop with Annika Berglund – 11th of October – Dublin

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We are again offering this popular technique improvement workshop, ‘Fine Felt’ for beginner and intermediate wet felters. It taught by guild member, artist, and tutor, Annika Berglund, and is recommended before taking our more advanced ‘Basic and Beyond Workshop’.

The course examines “Fine Felting,” which is traditionally desired in the craft of felting. 

The class is a repeat of previous years’ Fine Felt Technical Workshops, but students are welcome to retake the workshop if they wish. Non-members are also welcome to register.

The Schedule

The class is composed of two parts: a Square 2D Sample and a Small 3D Vessel. 

In the morning, beginner wet feltmakers will learn how to lay out wool using a flat 10-inch template and how to felt, full, and shrink. We will look at colour graduation and shrinkage rates.

During the morning session, more experienced feltmakers can focus on creating a very light, even layout using 10 grams of wool for a 10-inch square. We will look at how to get the densest, finest felt possible while working on creating a perfect square sample with a shrinkage of 30%, 40%, 50% or possibly 60%, depending on our speed of felting.

This may not be how we would do felting on an everyday basis. But this session spent truly concentrating on careful felting should improve our overall felting work.

Note: We will break for lunch. Please bring something to eat as we will only have 30 minutes. Tea and coffee will be provided. Bring a ‘travel mug’ to cut down on paper cup waste, and a baked good to share is always nice.

In the afternoon, we will apply what we learned in the morning to make the finest little vessel possible. We will use a different layout (spokes and wheel), laying out 10 grams of black and white wool around a 20 cm circular resist. The goal will be to create a very thin, fine vessel that is well-felted and sturdy.

Supplies

We will supply ALL wool and materials needed for the workshop.

Please bring TWO towels.

We will have spares, but if you have the following items, please bring them with you:

  • A bowl
  • A water sprinkling brauser or similar (optional as we will have spares)
  • Small sharp scissors
  • Ruler with inches AND centimetres

When: 10 AM to 4 PM. We will start at 10:00 on the dot as we have much to cover. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled in.

Where: CIE SPORTS HALL is in Inchicore, Dublin 08, where we usually meet.

Registration

This workshop costs 40 euros. There are only 5  spots remaining. 

HERE is the payment link to reserve your spot:  https://buy.stripe.com/14AaEWerle3ZehgbokaZi0u

This will be an in-person class, and, unfortunately, Zoom attendance is not available.

Please note that the Fine Felt course is the same day as the Midlands Fibre Festival.

Volunteers from Feltmakers Ireland will be sharing felting during the festival, and several of our members will be vendors.

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