This hands-on workshop will teach participants the basics of nuno-felting (creating felted fabric using wool and silk fibers) and the making of pre-felted wool to use as design elements. Participants will have the opportunity to design and complete two flat-fabric pieces (e.g. scarves, table runners) during this 2-day class.
Two distinct design styles and techniques will be explored - you'll learn to create watercolor-like (organic) designs as well as hard-edged graphic pieces. Instructors will also demonstrate additional felting methods such as needle-felting and traditional felting as time permits.
This class promises to be broad in scope and allow students time to immerse themselves in the craft.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate TUITION: $300 (plus $30 materials fee payable to instructors on the first day of the workshop covers all materials)
Payment Options: Students may pay in full or choose the payment-plan option during registration. The payment plan requires a non-refundable $100 deposit with the balance due 30 days before the first day of the workshop.
SYLLABUS
DAY ONE
8 - 9 a.m. Meet in the classroom. Welcome and introductions.
9 - 10 a.m. Overview of Felting Process, Part I presentation, announcements, and demonstrations.
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Begin work on Project 1 (small nuno-felted scarf).
1 - 2 p.m. Break for lunch (on your own)
2 - 4 p.m. Demonstration of pre-felting. Time allotted to create (and allow for overnight drying of) all necessary pre-felts for next day's project.
DAY TWO
8 - 9 a.m. Overview of Felting Process, Part II presentation, announcements, and demonstrations.
9 a.m. - Noon Begin work on Project 2 (large nuno-felted scarf/runner/etc. using handmade pre-felts).
Noon - 1 p.m. Break for lunch (on your own)
1 - 3 p.m. Complete Project 2. Brief demonstration of needle-felting and/or traditional felting techniques. If time permits, participants may experiment with needle-felting, traditional felting, or embellishment work.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Kim Buchheit - Kim is a creative professional who moved to Grand Canyon National Park in 1994 to serve as Grand Canyon Association's first art director. Prior to that post she worked as an art director for a leading arts organization in Scottsdale, Arizona. She earned her degree in art and has taught both fine art workshops and college-level design courses. For the past decade Kim has grown her design business to include custom fabric design for the trade, and continues creating fine art and craft wool work for her fiber art business, Wildly Woolly.
A long-time advocate of the arts, Kim was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Washington, D.C. in 1993. She has served on many art-related committees for organizations throughout the state and has been a juror for several artist panels including the Tempe Festival of the Arts and Grand Canyon National Park's Artist-in-Residence program.
Jennifer Marshall - Jennifer is a professional educator and artist. She lived in Arizona for a total of 7 years, where she worked as an educator and artist. She currently resides in Upstate New York, where she is an art teacher at Galway Jr./Sr. High School.
During her 15 years of teaching experience, Jennifer has worked as a private art teacher, public school art teacher, Waldorf preschool teacher, NPS environmental educator and elementary classroom teacher. In addition to teaching, she has owned and operated her own Fiber Arts business in New York. Jennifer is a graduate of State University of New York at Potsdam earning a B.A. in Studio Art with concentration in Sculpture. She completed her teaching degree at St. Lawrence University and a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Plattsburgh State University, with a concentration in Art Education.
Jennifer enjoys drawing, felting, and spinning wool, and is endlessly inspired by the beauty of the southwest, nature, and creating art with natural materials.
