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Education: Five Online Felting Courses via International Feltmakers Association

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The International Feltmakers Association (IFA) offers a series of five different online felting classes. These Discovering Feltmaking Courses begin in October and include Basics, Color, Surfaces & Edges, 3D Forms, and Nuno Felting.

You can work at your own pace with qualified mentors giving advice daily.

For more information, visit the IFA’s website – https://www.feltmakers.com/discovering-feltmaking-course/

The IFA has a branch for all of Ireland – Region 14. To join, visit here – https://www.feltmakers.com/join-the-international-feltmakers-association/

The classes are open to IFA members and non-members.

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Of Interest: Living Felt’s Sale of Online Courses

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The online store Living Felt is having a September back-to-school sale on all its pre-recorded online courses, which include wet and needle felting and range from wearable to sculptural. Many of the tutors are renowned.

Discounts range from class to class, and you will first need to register on the website. Course levels are indicated: Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced.

The sale ends on the 13th of September, Texas time.

For more information, visit their tutorial website – https://feltingtutorials.com/shop/

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Education: Felt with Lena Courses on Sale

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This may be of interest: Feltmaker and teacher Lena Archbold is offering a 40% discount on all her online courses. She also has over 50 pre-recorded wet felting classes.

The sale runs until the 15th of July.

For more information, visit her website – https://felt-with-lena.thinkific.com/collections/courses

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Education: Pam de Groot – Online Dyeing Workshop

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In her online course, ‘Dyeverse Synthetic’, feltmaker and teacher Pam de Groot will cover the basics and also venture into colouring and patterning fabric for use in felting projects. Using ‘Acid Dyes’, students will learn how to print and paint. Additionally, students will learn how to use fabrics in Nunofelting applications. The course will demonstrate how to ensure samples are fixed and ready for projects. It is designed to cover as many techniques as possible while keeping costs minimal and showing how to be innovative with equipment.

The class begins on the 18th of October, 2024.

For more information, visit her website – https://pamdegroot.com/dyeverse-synthetic.html

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Education: Dagmar Binder Online 3D Felting Classes

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Feltmaker and tutor Dagmar Binder has a series of interesting three-dimensional feltmaking classes on offer. Each topic is a stand-alone course.

These online workshops take place over two days during one weekend, with a three-hour live Zoom session each day, supported by video and PDF instructions for you to work independently at home. Videos are accessible for two more months after each class. There are three groups available for the different time zones

For more information, visit her website – https://textillabor.de/category/online-felting/

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Education: Online Textile Classes from Three Tutors

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Three upcoming online textile classes may be of interest.

Gladys Paulus is again teaching her ‘Inspired by Nature: Lotus Workshop’, a three-week class covering advanced wet feltmaking techniques.

Content released: Friday 19 April 2024, Friday 26 April 2024 and Friday 03 May 2024.

For more information, visit Gladys’ website – https://www.gladyspaulus.com/online-workshop-description

Pam de Groot has two wet felting classes, which start in May.

Surface Form and Space is an eight-week class that focuses on making samples using different techniques, including undulations, large foreign objects, buttons, warts, pimples, claws, lumps, bumps, brains, and connections.

Her other class, ‘Textures and Dimensions,’ runs over three weeks. It is a sculptural project-based class where students create the “Splash,” “the Spiral,” and “the Twistie.”

For more information on her two classes, visit Pam’s website – https://pamdegroot.com/online-courses.html

Irit Dulman has a new online class on eco-printing on silk and wool. The class has 33 lessons and is self-paced. She also has two other online eco-printing classes.

For more information, visit Irit’s website – https://iritdulman.com/product/colorful-silk-and-wool/

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Education: Hanging Felted Spiral Online Class with Hélène Dooley

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The Felting and Fiber Studio is again offering Hélène Dooley’s ‘Felted Hanging Spiral‘ course, which starts Friday, the 12th of April. Adding movement to an art piece takes it to a new dimension. The shape becomes fluid, even mesmerising.

This is a four-week online course, and you don’t have to be present at any particular time. You can access videos and Hélène’s support throughout the course and download the PDFs for future reference.

Classes are purposely small and intimate so that you can get to know your fellow participants and build networks both at home and abroad.   

Note: Hélène is a long-standing member of Feltmakers Ireland.

Contact Helene at feltzentextiles@gmail.com if you would like to find out more.

For more information, please check out the following link:  https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2024/03/30/registration-opens-for-hanging-felted-spiral-online-class

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Webinar: Farming, Fashion and Starting a Textile Revolution

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There is an upcoming free webinar with Li Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano to learn about a new generation of designers and textile makers returning to the farm to rethink the fashion system. By taking a conscious approach to sustainable practice, circular materials and regenerative resources, a fashion revolution is starting around the globe, overhauling how things are done by putting the environment, people and animals first.

From seed to sewing, Polimoda Textiles from Farm to Fabric to Fashion Master Program is part of this movement, reshaping education by proposing a new hands-on learning experience that focuses on farming, fibres, weaving, knitting, embellishments, and design in a radical way. Thinking about textiles and fashion from a holistic perspective.

In this one-hour session, you will learn about:

  • Trends in slow fashion, textiles & distribution
  • Regenerative farming & circular textile practices
  • The origins of fibres, fabrics & resources
  • Education curriculums that teach textiles in a conscious way

When: Thursday, the 28th of March at 3 PM CET.

For more information and to register a spot, visit their website – https://landing.polimoda.com/webinar-farming-fashion-textile-revolution-28mar24

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Opportunity: MAKE: GROW: FLOURISH – Craft Business Training Programme

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The World Craft Council of Europe (WCCE) presents MAKE: GROW: FLOURISH, a comprehensive business training programme that understands the specific needs and challenges faced by craft enterprises seeking to expand and thrive within the competitive marketplace.

To foster a trusted environment, this programme will offer a mix of workshops, group discussions, resources, writing and exercises, all designed to help you construct a business plan. This programme provides a unique opportunity for participants to build a peer support network across Europe.

The online training programme will be conducted in English. 30 places are available. 

Programme duration: 25 April – 2 July 2024
Deadline for applications: 1st of April

For more information, visit their website – https://wcc-europe.org/opportunities/call-for-applications-%e2%86%92-makegrowflourish-craft-business-training-programme/


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Education: CorNit’s Felting Camp – Online

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The CorNit Felting Camp is a multi-day, online felting event coming up this April. Join in online, interact with the instructors, and ask questions live during the session. The classes are also recorded, so you can work later at your own pace.

For each course, students receive a detailed pdf photo tutorial.

There is also a Facebook group for the course.

Classes include the following subjects:

  • Nadia Szabó: “Stained glass”-like Nuno felt scarf.
  • Monika Szabolcsi: Ballerina shoes.
  • Bea Németh: Tricky Origami Felt Cases.
  • Corinna Nitschmann: Shaping Felt Bowls
  • Ági Palásti: Angels.

When: the 5th through the 15th of April, 2024.

For more information, visit the website – https://cornitfelt.com/virtual-felting-camp-2024


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