Felting I: Wet and Dry Basic Techniques and Fundamentals
Instructor: Kara Perpelitz
Wednesdays 5:30-8:30pm
10 weeks: January 22 to March 26
Location: In-person Williams Building room 357
$387.50 plus $50 materials kit (required)
Prerequisite: None
This class will introduce students to needle felting and wet felting concepts, techniques, and skills. Using wool and other fibres, we will build the foundational skills needed to create many different 2-dimentional felted items. Beginning with samples to understand how felting works with multiple fibre types, layers, and additions the following skills will be gained: wool theory and its application, colour theory as applied to wool and textiles, and an understating of how the technical aspects of the skill can be used in an artful way. With the knowledge gained from the samples, students will then choose a project (or 2) they will work on for the remainder of the course, with guidance as needed from the instructor. Project option examples are, but are not limited to, scarves, wall hangings, table runners. With this course, students will be well versed in felt making and be ready for Felting II - 3D felt focus.
Syllabus
- Wool/other fibres layout methods (standard, herringbone, layers. etc)
- Considering and calculating shrinkage
- Nuno felting
- Flat resist felting
- Needle felt embellishing
- Needle felted landscapes and dreamscapes
- Relief needle felting
Supplies
Materials kit includes:
- Dry felting needles
- Dry felting needle punch
- Olive oil soap
- Cheese cloth
- Roving colors (various)
- Flat felting sponge
- Resist pieces (various)
- Bubble wrap
