pplications being taken ( and filling up) for the first workshop of the year 2020. 25th January, Portmarnock. Make a hat €80 with full membership for the 2020 yer included & fibre.
#FeltmakersCompetition2020
NEWS FLASH
The annual hat making competition is now accepting entries- up to March 1st.
We have some excellent hat makers/ milliners amongst our members so this would be a great opportunity for some of you who may be interested.
The entry date is also March 1st…. so those attending and signed up for the “Basic & Beyond” have a little time to practice their new found skill on a wonderful creation and submit it!!
You just never know and if you aren’t in it, you can’t win it! Good Luck.
basic and beyond application form 2020
Delighted to announce the date of our “Basic and beyond” as the 25th January 2020.
A great 1 day hat making course. brilliant for beginners, but also intermediate feltmakers as a refresher course. Fibre provided and come away with your own unique hand made hat as well as a host of newly learned skills.
Application forms available and being accepted.
basic and beyond application form 2020
PLACES FILLING UP FAST
Application forms should be sent to:
workshop@feltmakersireland.com
You can read about Anna in the blog post interview we did earlier in the year.
Interview with Anna Gunnarsdottir
APPLICATION FORM ANNA GUNNARSDOTTIR
Hi Folks,
We are so lucky to have a visiting international tutor booked for October 2019.
This is a 3 day course on 4th, 5th and 6th October with the talented Icelandic tutor, Anna Gunnarsdottir. The title of the course is “Sculptural Felt Making”. Anna is known for her large scale sculptural pieces.
The course is limited to 12participants, ensuring that everyone will receive attention. Existing members will be given priority in the event of over subscription. The closing date for application is 06.09.19 (after which in the event of oversubscription a draw will take place). It will be first come first serve after this date- if not full already.
We hope that you are as excited as us about this opportunity and anticipate that this course will be filled quickly.
Application forms should be sent to:
workshop@feltmakersireland.com
You can read about Anna in the blog post interview we did earlier in the year.
Interview with Anna Gunnarsdottir
APPLICATION FORM ANNA GUNNARSDOTTIR
Application forms should be sent to:
workshop@feltmakersireland.com
You can read about Anna in the blog post interview we did earlier in the year.
Interview with Anna Gunnarsdottir
APPLICATION FORM ANNA GUNNARSDOTTIR
Hi Folks,
We are so lucky to have a visiting international tutor booked for October 2019.
This is a 3 day course on 4th, 5th and 6th October with the talented Icelandic tutor, Anna Gunnarsdottir. The title of the course is “Sculptural Felt Making”. Anna is known for her large scale sculptural pieces.
The course is limited to 12participants, ensuring that everyone will receive attention. Existing members will be given priority in the event of over subscription. The closing date for application is 06.09.19 (after which in the event of oversubscription a draw will take place). It will be first come first serve after this date- if not full already.
We hope that you are as excited as us about this opportunity and anticipate that this course will be filled quickly.
Application forms should be sent to:
workshop@feltmakersireland.com
You can read about Anna in the blog post interview we did earlier in the year.
Interview with Anna Gunnarsdottir
APPLICATION FORM ANNA GUNNARSDOTTIR
https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/felted-bunting
It would be lovely to see our members on the day! Familiar faces and fancy felters, to help guide new beginners in the art & craft of this past time from past times- that is felt making.
Thank you again for all your contributions already to our wonderful bunting! If you haven’t already submitted a piece of your work- a triangle of bunting then this is your chance! Come along, drink tea, eat buns and show your skills. This is an extra long felting session- replacing our normal Sunday session…
We will be using this bunting for decorating our stand at the knit & stitch- your piece is vital. Your skills are welcomed and we would love to see our valued members pass on their skills to new comers.
This spring I decided to take my first on line course with a textile artist. I enrolled with Pam de Groot on her- “Surface form and Space- April 2019” course.
Pam de Groot is an Australian textile artist who teaches at home and internationally.
The quality of Pam’s online tutorials, her teaching methods, videos and her clear instruction has all helped. The course was easy to follow and I have learnt so much. It was also really beneficial to be able to be part of a workshop in my own time and on my terms. Never feeling exhausted because I could choose when it suited me to work -and I still have access to the tutorials for the next 6 months, so I hope that I will have a chance to re-watch and really solidify the learning.
At first I was concerned that I wouldn’t feel “part of a group” but in fact all fears have been alleviated by Pam’s swift and direct response to questions and queries. As well as that, the community atmosphere generated by fellow felters regularly posting photos of their work and process helped to motivate me.
I have looked forward to my Friday mailbox when I would have my treat of “the next lesson”. Now that this course has finished, I am a little sad, but eagerly looking forward to my next opportunity to take a workshop. My biggest learning in fact has been to discover a new found discipline. Keep up the working habit, felt weekly, and felt better.
Pam has very kindly agreed to take part in an interview for Felt makers Ireland. We will also stay in touch and I hope that with a European Tour on the horizon for 2021 that Pam might plan a visit to Ireland, when maybe I ( and we) will be lucky enough to meet her in a face to face in a workshop scenario!
I come from a background in Studio Ceramics and also Primary Infants teaching. I moved to textiles when my children were small as it was more forgiving. Children need you right then and there and I could drop and pick up the work when time allowed.
I was introduced to a textile group by a friend and we experimented with many different media. Felting being just one. I loved the felt and how its transformational qualities reminded me of the clay. I slowly had a couple of very beginner classes and then worked on my own for some years occasionally taking a class with those I really respected and admired. I particularly think my work took a new turn after a class with Marjolein Dallinga. Her approach in walking into the unknown really resonated. I haven’t looked back. From beginning this around 18 years ago I have changed my methods and built a wealth of knowledge around wool.
I have really tried most things felt over the years, but more recently I am drawn to work in sculptural felt. I am using the felt as my medium for self expression. Each year the work becomes less about the techniques (though they are there too) and more about the concepts. The flexibility of the wool never disappoints me. It teaches me so much every time I venture somewhere new. I am always its student.
I have been teaching locally here in Australia and abroad for many years now and have in the last couple of years begun teaching online also. I am really enjoying this new way to share and develop the interest of so many the world over.
I am currently creating work which is delving into my own world of personal feelings and emotions around family, friends and relationships. I feel these are topics that we all share and relate to. A common thread, a connection. I have a couple of works that will be part of a travelling exhibition next year, and I am quite proud of the work and the story they tell. Sorry!! no images of those pieces yet but they will be released later in this year.
Pam signs her email with the following quote, which I think gives all of us who are not quite at her stage of mastering this fine art of felt making, a little hope…
“Every artist was first an amateur”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can get more information on Pam de Groot on her social media platforms.
https://www.facebook.com/pamdegroot.fibreandtextileart
http://pamdegroot.blogspot.com/
You will also find regular updates on her website of upcoming on-line workshops- and these I can now personally recommend!
Thank you Pam for taking the time to answer our questions and supply your highly inspirational photographs. Looking forward to your travelling exhibition and your European tour in 2021- watch this space fellow members!
Feltmakers Ireland 