WET FELTED VESSELS

With: Cecily Kate

Suitable For: All
Class Size: 8

Accessibility: Please note that most courses are held upstairs. If you have any accessibility concerns, please let us know or check with us before booking. info@oaststudio.co.uk

Join us for this full day workshop and discover how to make some nature inspired felted vessels.

During the morning we will choose colour combinations from a wonderful spectrum of wool fibres for the inner and outer surfaces.

Cecily Kate will then guide you in the time-honoured tradition of wet felting your two pleasingly round woollen bowls. Where our ancestors once used rocks and pebbles as forms to felt around, we will be using two sizes of modern sturdy inflatable balls as our form or ‘resist'.

Wet felting requires a certain amount of massaging, rolling and rubbing, so be prepared roll up your sleeves and get stuck in!

Alison will make us a delicious lunch after all that hungry work, and in the afternoon we will needle felt delicate nature-inspired details onto the outer surface of the vessels.

During this workshop you will learn:

How to choose coloured fibres and combinations that will make your vessel come alive like a ceramicist would use glaze!
How to layer and wrap the wool and blend layers of coloured fibre in reverse
How to use various water temperatures and natural soap to help felt the fibres
How to recognise and ‘feel’ when your vessel has been fully felted
How to needle felt fine nature-inspired designs onto the surface

What's included:

A vibrant spectrum of wool
Resists/inflatable balls
Needles
All other materials needed
Refreshments & cake
Delicious lunch