Felt Fridays – style up with your own hand-made accessories
Learn how to create striking pieces using a variety of
fibres and fabrics. Flower Brooches, Rasta Ropes, Easter Nests and Nuno
Cushions. Have great fun with the versatile and exciting technique of
feltmaking. Wet felting is a great craft to learn and will open limitless
possibilites for you. Each project can be enjoyed regardless of whether
you are a beginner or an experienced feltmaker. This series of
Felt Workshops will celebrate all the great festivals of the season: Beginning
of Spring, First of April, Easter, and May day.
Your facilitator will be Niki Collier, an accomplished
textile designer and member of Feltmakers
Ireland, who teaches this medium with passion.
You can do one class for €25 or all four for the price of
three.
Felt Flowers 10.30am to 12.30pm
Friday 23rd of March €25
Celebrate the beginning of Spring by creating a unique
multi-layered felt flower using a selection of fibres and yarn. All materials
and tools are included. Just bring your Spring flair and enjoy the fun. A
surprise awaits all the participants.
Rasta Ropes 10.30am – 12.30pm
Friday 30th of March €25
Do something outrageous – adorn your hair, your neck or your
writs with sensuous felt ropes. There are various ways to make ropes and Niki
would show some of the ways that she loves most. A special interest for
experienced felters will be to learn the technique used byLisa Klakulak, which Niki mastered with
her at Felt in Focus Symposium, Denmark. Be ready for the photoshoot at
the end of the class.
Easter Nests 10.30am – 12.30pm
Friday 6th of April €25
Do you have somewhere to put your Easter Eggs? Come
and create an Easter Nest for your Easter eggs using Galway wool, one of the
few registered Irish breeds raised by the Wool Initiative Group. Our nest
can then be used as a jewellery box or purse.
Nuno Cushion 10.30am – 12.30pm
Friday 13th of April €25
A cushion made just for you. Using some of The Constant Knitter yarn and
some gentle merino fibres we will create a colourful felt cushion which will be
the centrepiece of your living room.
For further details or to book, please contact :
Rosemary Murphy
M: 087 996 7197
E: info@theconstantknitter.ie
or
Niki Collier
M: 087 661 5066
E: herself@nikicollierdesign.com
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