This upcoming Sunday Session Workshop, ‘Fine Felt in Wet Felting‘, is fully booked.
However, all members are welcome to come and enjoy the felting atmosphere!
Where: CIE Sports Hall
Date: 11th of February
Time: 10:30 AM – 4 PM
As it is a full day, please bring your lunch. (The CIE Sports Hall is in a residential neighbourhood, without nearby cafes).
While the heating will be turned on, please bring a jumper or cardigan as sometimes the Hall is chilly.
Other Details
If you can, please bring a home-baked treat to share.
For those not registered for the workshop or helping as volunteers, there is a member contribution of 5 euros.
This session will ~not~ be Zoomed or recorded.
Membership Renewals
Feltmakers Ireland has an annual membership fee of 25 euros. Your membership is valid for a calendar year – from January to December of each year.
At the Sunday Session, we will have printed membership forms available for 2024. {If you renew in person, can you also please fill out our online survey of members’ interests?}
Tamzen Lundy is hosting a wet feltmaking workshop on Sunday, February 18th, in Dublin. This workshop is suitable for beginners, intermediate-level felt makers, and those interested in making 3D felt or felting around a resist.
Together, we will make a sunglasses case… in the hope that we will soon see some springtime sun!
In this three-hour session, we will lay fibre around a resist, making a pocket sunglasses case. We will also look at different closure methods so the participants will learn extra tips and tricks to advance their projects.
All materials, plus tea/coffee and cake, are provided
There are limited spaces (4- meaning there is good attention and opportunity to ask for help).
With 25 years of experience in the textile and fashion industry, Tamzen brings a wealth of industry knowledge. Buy yourself an experience and enjoy a cosy craft-making session in the inspiring studio – Brookwood Pottery Shop and Studio in Marino, Dublin.
The cost is €75, 3.5 hours of tuition, materials, tea and coffee provided.
If you have any trouble booking, contact tamzenlundydesigns@gmail.com
(When clicking the link- select the date FEB 18th – which will then show availability as 12 noon– select and purchase online- many thanks).
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Guild member Sharon Wells will teach a four-week Landscape Felting Class. The techniques covered include Needlefelting, Wet felting, Hand and Machine Embroidery, and Beading.
The classes run from Guild member Sharon Wells will be teaching a four-week Landscape Felting Class. 10:30 AM -1 PM, and are on the following dates:
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Anikó Boros (aka baribon.hu) will show all the details of making the ‘Pebble Bag’. In addition to its aesthetic role, the pebble acts as a natural closure for the bag. Following the step-by-step instructions, you will be able to create your own pebble bag design, which will be even more exciting with textile-enriched felted surface and gradient dyeing.
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‘Fine Felt in Wet Felting’ – Technical Workshop with Annika Berglund
THE CLASS IS NOW FULL – Contact Annika to be added to the waiting list.
When and Where
11th of February 10:30-16:00 in The CIE Social Centre.
The Fine Felt Technical Workshop
This year, we are doing an additional workshop focused on techniques aimed at beginner and intermediate wet felters. The course aims to look at “Fine Felt”, traditionally desired in the craft of felting.
The class has two sections: a square 2D sample and a small vessel.
The Schedule
In the morning, beginner wet feltmakers will learn how to lay out wool using a 10-inch template and how to felt, full, and shrink. We will look at the graduation of colour and shrinkage rates.
A team of helpers will be available to anybody needing support.
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.
We will break for lunch. Please bring something to eat as we will only have 30 minutes.
In the afternoon, we will apply our learnings from 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 wool and materials for the workshop.
We will have spares, but if you have the following items, please bring them with you:
One or two towels
A bowl
A water sprinkling brauser or similar (optional as we will have spares)
Small sharp scissors
Ruler with inches and cm
We will start at 10:30 on the dot as we have much to cover. Please try to be there a few minutes early to get settled in.
Cost
Feltmakers Ireland is keen to promote Fine Felting, and for this reason, we are offering this workshop at the low price of 25 euro for members and 35 euro for non-members.
Email annika AT annikaberglund.com to reserve your spot. (Remove change AT to @ and remove the spaces).
Payment Options
We have three options for payment for the Fine Felt Workshop:
• Electronic Transfer Lodgements (ETF) – bank tranfers • Republic of Ireland cheques • PayPal ~ we are charged a small percentage with this option* (Currently, we have technical issues installing PayPal on our website. See below for instructions.)
Bank Transfer
When making an ETF bank payment, please include your NAME and that the payment is for The Fine Felt Workshop in the reference or description field.
IBAN: IE53 BOFI 9012 3963 6087 93 BIC: BOFIIE2D BANK OF IRELAND, NAAS BRANCH.
Cheque
Cheques can be made payable to Feltmakers Ireland. If paying by cheque, please mail to: Membership Secretary, Feltmakers Ireland, 113 Seafield Road East, Clontarf, Dublin, D03 XW30
PayPal
We prefer bank transfers or cheques as no fees are involved, but we will also accept PayPal. *PayPal takes a per cent per transaction, so we receive less. If possible, please round up by adding 1.25 = €26.25. Non-members, please add 1.80 = €36.80 when paying with PayPal.
To pay via PayPal, use the following email: committeefeltmakersireland@gmail.com Make sure to include your NAME and that it is for The Fine Felt Workshop.
Teacher and artist Dagmar Binder offers several online feltmaking classes via Zoom.
Dagmar’s workshops take place over two days during one weekend, with three hours of live Zoom sessions each day. The classes are supported by video and PDF instructions for students to work independently at home. Videos are accessible for two additional months after each class.
There are three sections available for different time zones.
Throughout January, Wicklow Libraries will hold the Made in Wicklow Craft Workshop series. Classes include needle felting landscapes with Feltmakers Ireland member Sharon Wells. In addition, there are pottery, crochet, bookmaking, woodworking, and calligraphy classes with other instructors.
The series is set to coincide with and celebrate the launch of the Made in Wicklow Craft trail, which is scheduled to launch at Powerscourt on St Bridget’s Day, Thursday, 1st February 2024, alongside a five-day exhibition of the excellence and difference of Wicklow Craft.
Feltmakers Ireland member Leiko Uchiyama will teach her Pine Needle feltmaking technique this spring in the Netherlands. It is a four-day workshop at Atelier Fiberfusing, located near Amsterdam.
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