Education: Wet Felting Evening Classes – Castleknock

Clodagh Mac Donagh teaches an eight-week Wet Felting Class via Castleknock Community College. This course, aimed primarily at beginners, is a hands-on course, using just your hands, wool fibre, soap (no glue), and warm water to create decorative and practical items. Among the items that participants will produce are jewellery, purses, bags, pouches, felt flower brooches, bowls, and felt pictures to frame. 

Tutor: Clodagh Mac Donagh is an art educator and feltmaker who has spent most of her life working in education, teaching and lecturing art at the 2nd and 3rd levels. She has spent the last 12 years facilitating Artmaking in the Intellectually Disabled Sector. Moreover, Clodagh is a long-time member of Feltmakers Ireland!

Note: Materials provided.

When: The class starts Monday, the 23rd of September and runs from 7 to 9 PM, for 8 weeks.

To register, visit the following website, click the category of ‘Arts and Crafts’ and then choose M 12 Feltmaking (Wet) Beginners / Improvers –https://www.dcsnet.ie/web_aeccodublin/webbook2/webbookcourse_ETBDUB_SAC.asp

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Opportunity: Tutors Needed for Evening Courses

Castleknock Community College requests tutors for their Spring 2024 evening classes and workshops.

If you would like to propose a night class or workshop or know someone who might be interested in giving a class, please let them know soon.

Due to high demand, they have a need for instructors in the following areas:

  • Stained Glass
  • Sewing
  • DIY
  • Knitting
  • Pilates
  • Chess
  • Woodwork
  • Wood Carving

The deadline for proposals is Thursday, October 12th.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Conor Barry, the Director of Adult Education – nightclasses@castleknockcc.ie


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Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

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Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Feltmaking Course in Castleknock Community College

If you are in a position to get to Castleknock once a week for 10 weeks, this might be for you:

Feltmaking with Clodagh Mac Donagh

Course Content:
Welcome to the wonderful world of wool. Using beautiful Merino wool and other fibres to produce woolly works of Art. You will learn all of the terms and many techniques to create your own fabric and solid forms, from fluffy fibre, done using the wet felting technique. (Students will be required to pay a €25 materials charge)

Course Schedule
NameDateDayStart TimeEnd Time
M29 Feltmaking with Clodagh Mac Donagh24/01/2022Monday19.0021.00

To enroll:

https://www.dcsnet.ie/web_aeccodublin/webbook2/webbookcourse_ETBDUB_SAC.asp

You can contact the Director of Adult Education directly on (01) 8129346 or by e-mail at nightclasses@castleknockcc.ie.

Job Offer #2 NOW FILLED

Sorry forgot to add email to respond to. Apologies. Reply re this offer to clarepbrophy@gmail.com.

Hi EVERYBODY

There Is a partime job available to any feltmaker interested and competent

to design and take a course in Castleknock Community College D15. Adult Education Dept..It is a night school. The person could set a duration of eight or 10 weeks with classes being two hours or 90 minutes long, which ever they felt was best. The tutor rate is €41.38 per hour

So an 8 week 2 hour course pays €620.70 & a 10 week 2 hour course pays €827.60 for example we run Mondays & Tuesdays so they could have their choice of night.

Please contact me immediately if you are interested…

Clare Brophy, Secretary, Irish Feltmakers Guild.

Reply re this offer to clarepbrophy@gmail.com.

Job offer – NOW FILLED

Hi EVERYBODY

There Is a partime job available to any feltmaker interested and competent

to design and take a course in Castleknock Community College D15. Adult Education Dept..It is a night school. The person could set a duration of eight or 10 weeks with classes being two hours or 90 minutes long, which ever they felt was best. The tutor rate is €41.38 per hour

So an 8 week 2 hour course pays €620.70 & a 10 week 2 hour course pays €827.60 for example we run Mondays & Tuesdays so they could have their choice of night.

Please contact me immediately if you are interested…

Clare Brophy, Secretary, Irish Feltmakers Guild.