Salt Spring Island Felt Retreat for 1 or more projects
fabulous felting in a spectacular location
Felt Retreat Projects:
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nuno silk chiffon scarf
Create a double-sided felt scarf with merino wool and silk chiffon. Laurie will guide you in designing your ideal scarf. Demonstrations will include colour layering, how to join different silk fabrics, create holes and openings for fastening the scarf in place, make felt leaves and vines that trail off the silk chiffon border, employ flowers to become button fasteners, the use of embellishments and any other idea you would like to know how to use for your project. You will learn how to felt by hand with many tips and techniques that help to make the felting process easy and quick. |
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Felt bag, vessel or hat of all shapes and sizes
Design your own unique and sculptural bag, hat or vessel by creating a resist that will define the shape and style. After your resist is made you will learn how to apply the wool in a dry design technique style, where water is used last for the felting stage. Laurie will demonstrate surface design techniques including the use of prefelts, cords, protrusions, textural embellishments and any ideas that you would like to incorporate. For those making a hat you will also learn how to block the hat to fit you. |
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"Designing Your Own"
Silk Chiffon Felt Vest, Dress or Tunic Wrap silk chiffon around your own garment resist made specifically for your body's measurements. You will be able to continue to use this resist for any type of garment style you choose to make. Bring your ideas for style and design so Laurie can help you make the garment of your dreams and one that fits you properly. The felting techniques that you learned and practised in the previous classes will support this project. Laurie will demonstrate how to use silk chiffon as a base, colour layering, piecing different silk fabrics, shadow layering, multiple resists, using pre-felts, embellishments and texture. You can bring design ideas and photos of designs that inspire you to help you create your project. Laurie has 30 years of felting experience and can help you create anything you can conceive. |
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Extras: dye painting and eco-dyeing will be discussed and can be employed for advanced students.
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Registration:
July 6-10, 5 days, $675 all projects July 8, 9, 10 3 days, $435, garment workshop July 6, 7 2 days, $290, scarf and bag,vessel workshops The materials fee per project is extra. You can bring your own or purchase all materials needed from me. You will receive a supply list and I will provide pool noodles, and some other tools of the felting trade. |
Contact me
for an e-transfer and or other payment method. lauriesteffler@gmail.com |
Location
This fun and creative felt retreat will be held in our beautiful Beaver Point Hall, Salt Spring Island. www.beaverpointhall.org Here is my helpful , travel, accommodation, map, info |
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" This workshop which included three different projects was extremely well organized and supplied. Her explanations were clear and she made sure her instructions were understood before proceeding. The techniques we learned were totally new to me... I designed and created a seamless garment that fit me perfectly. I would recommend this workshop to any level of felters from novices to an experienced master level." Betsy
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"This workshop was truly a deep adventure into the endless possibilities that felting allows. Laurie is a very passionate teacher with a rich artistic sensibility that allows for a very rewarding experience. She is generous with her knowledge, supplies and support. You will finish feeling very satisfied and grateful. " Kim
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