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Education: CANCELLLED -Reversible Felted Vest Workshop – Jacki Sleator – Co Kildare near Dublin

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Promotional poster for Jacki Sleator's cancelled Reversible Felted Vest Workshop, featuring images of short and long style vests.

UPDATE: 14th of May. Unfortunately, this workshop has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances with the tutor.


Feltmakers Ireland is pleased to announce a hands-on, 3-Day Workshop to create a Reversible Nuno-Felted Vest with international tutor Jacki Sleator. 

In this immersive course, students will use silk fabrics and Merino wool to create rich, textural effects. By layering wool, silk, and other fibres, they will experience how the materials transform and contort as the wool shrinks during the felting process. Guided step by step, students will develop both technique and creative confidence to leave the workshop with their own unique reversible vest.

There is the option to make a short or long-styled vest. 

When: Friday-Sunday, the 5th-7th of June. 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Where:  Kilteel Community Hall, Kilteel Lower, Kilteel, Naas Co. Kildare W91 TK6A

Additional Information

  • The price is 200 euros per member and does not include supplies.
  • The price for non-members is 240 euros and does not include supplies.
  • This course is suitable for intermediate felters.
  • Note: The supply list will be sent upon enrollment.

If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact us at feltmakersIE@gmail.com

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Recap: Fantastic 3 Day Workshop with Marjolein Dallinga

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Marjolein Dallinga demonstrating

On Friday, the 16th of May, twelve members of Feltmakers Ireland enthusiastically came together for our first in-person workshop with an international tutor since the COVID pandemic. Our teacher was the esteemed Canadian artist and teacher, Marjolein Dallinga, who has a wonderful hands-on teaching style, where students experienced the sculptural possibilities of wool.

We learned how to create three unique felted sculptures, each incorporating many stages of the complex techniques Marjolein uses in her artwork. As specific processes needed to be followed when the projects were dry, it was a choreographed dance!

Here is a lovely photo of some students gazing with adoration on their damp, in-progress work.

Students Watching

Throughout the three days, there were step-by-step demonstrations of techniques.

Everyone is hard at work.

Students Felting

Exhibition

At the end of the course, we had a mini-exhibition in the sunshine. It was wonderful to see how each student’s work came out!

Thanks to the Many

Many thanks to Suzanne Phelan for taking care of so many details and keeping everyone caffeinated. A tip of the hat to Elaine Peden for recommending Kilteel Hall – isn’t it beautiful? Also, thanks to Elizabeth Redding and Breda Fay, guild members who came by to lend a hand. ENORMOUS thanks to Elizabeth for bringing the tubes that we used to raise the tables—it was such a treat to have those! Of course, thanks to all the students who helped create such a focused learning community and knew how to laugh!

The warmest thanks go to Marjoelein for sharing her warmth, wisdom, and talents. We look forward to her return to Ireland!

Marjoelin Dallinga in Kilteel, Co Kildare.

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