Felt & Light Studio Workshop
Felt & Light Studio Workshop
10am - 2pm
Join me in my home studio in the Bombay Hills (south of Auckland) for a small group workshop, where you will learn the basics of creating a fine felt around a resist, decorated with luxurious hand dyed silk fibres.
Your felt will be designed to fit snuggly onto a recycled plastic tube support and to then be brought to life with a string of USB powered seed lights.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and experienced felters - we will work through the process step-by-step, with the opportunity for more experienced felters to work on more detailed designs with the silk fibres.
Morning tea and lunch provided - please advise any dietary requirements in the comments section when you book.
What to expect:
When you arrive, we will settle into the studio with a freshly made espresso coffee, using beans roasted in Pukekohe at Your Local Coffee Roasters.
While you enjoy your coffee and some morning tea, you can take a look around the studio and choose colours from my extensive range of hand dyed silk fibres.
We will begin our project and I will lead you step by step, demonstrating each stage as we go.
While this is a process-based project (step by step), you will have complete artistic licence with regard to the design that you make on the. outside of your light tube. I will demonstrate some options and then make space for you to enjoy some creative exploration with the fibres.
We will take a lunch break and enjoy delicious treats prepared by Tamar from Manna & Fare (please indicate any dietary requirements in the comments section, when you book).
When the felting process has been completed, you will slide your fibre artwork tube onto a prepared support tube, made of recycled plastic.
Custom made bamboo bases and USB wall adaptors will be available to purchase in the studio via bank trasfer or credit card.
You will take home your fibre artwork and allow it to dry, before tucking and securing the ends around the support tube to give a neat finish.