Tag: Textile Festivals

Events: Festival of Wool and Cloth – July in Waterville, Co Kerry

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Over four days, the Festival of Wool and Cloth will offer workshops and talks on knitting, weaving, spinning, wet felting, needle felting, eco printing, craftivism, and more.

Feltmakers Ireland Guild member Sharon Wells is teaching a taster needlefelting workshop on Friday, the 5th July. Sharon will be working from photographs by local photographer Alice Dennehy.

Piece by Sharon Wells

Where: Tech Amergin Arts & Education Centre, Waterville, Co Kerry.

When: Thursday, the 4th through Sunday, the 7th of July, 2024.

For more information, visit their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/FestivalofWoolandCloth

To register for Sharon’s class, visit Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/needlefelting-with-sharon-wells-tickets-919462556257?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1


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Event: New York Textile Month this September

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New York Textile Month starts in September.

Initiated by Li Edelkoort, this multi-location event gathers all voices and expressions on Textiles happening in New York City.

Events include the following: Open Studios, Exhibitions, Workshops, Tours, and Conferences.

Various textile techniques are included: Knitting, Dyeing, Weaving, Tapestry, Printing, Embroidery, Felting, and Textile Production.

Under the category of Felting, there are tours of the Waste No More Studio. In 2018, clothing designer Eileen Fisher debuted Waste No More, a design studio dedicated to making artisanal textiles from post-consumer clothing. At their studio, they will display their latest wallworks and offer demonstrations of their needle felting machine.

A piece created at the Waste No More Studio.

There are both in-person and online events at New York Textile Month.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.textilemonth.nyc/calendar-2023

Event: Week-Long Textile Journey Festival

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The Textile Journey Festival is a celebration of creativity and all things wool and textile.

It includes a variety of events: a summer camp, daily textile demonstrations, a materials and tools exchange, open studios & workshops.

The festival is an invitation to everyone: come and try making or exploring textiles.

Laying wool roving for wet felting

Includes the Annual Exhibition of Textile Journey Group.

Daily Demonstrations will showcase the skills of Irish textile artists: Cosima Malloy, Helen Crawford, Jane Fox, Mary Palmer, Kim Lin Morris, Rachel McKinney, Aine Dunne, Suzanne Duke, Patricia O’Connor and Niki Collier.

The event runs from the 31st of July to the 6th of August at The Orangery, Marlay Park, Dublin.

For more information, visit the website: https://textilejourney.ie/2023/05/11/textile-journey-festival-2023/