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Vessel Class

Vessel Class

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I taught a lovely and fun group of ladies how to make a vesel. One of the ladies made a really nice Instagram reel. I am going to try embedding it here. Fingers crossed. It was hosted here https://hookingoutsidethelines.com/  I will share stills of the finished vessels below it. If it doesn’t work, then try this link:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI7Voy2xnr2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Here’s a group shot,

Here are some closer pictures of the vessels.

This one was cut across the circle about 1/8 of the way down to get the resist out, so she has a flat coaster, too

 

This one was also cut about 1/8 of the way down, but she opted for a shallow dish.

This one was cut just about halfway. She has two similar-sized bowls. Here, I was showing her how she could reverse them to have the pattern on the inside.

A nice round green one with lots of sari silk waste

Pretty pink with silk hearts on it

Jan told you about the sale we went to a little while ago. I was much better behaved and only bought a few things. Two small sample rolags and 3 bags of slubs. I have been wanting to try slubs. I know the neps are very hard to keep in the yarn when spinning, and do not like to stick to a felting project. I am hoping slubbs will stick better in both. If they do, then I may have to order some and dye them myself. One more thing on the to-do list.

Exciting News and a Giveaway

Exciting News and a Giveaway

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We’ve been working on a new venture for The Felting and Fiber Studio … online Workshops and Classes!  The first class we’re offering is “Wet Felting Workshop for Beginners“. The first one starts on Sunday 1st March 2015. It’s a 3 week course developed to give absolute beginners a good foundation on which to develop their wet felting skills. Not only are there the expected ‘How to Felt’ instructions, but there are also simple exercises designed to show what happens when wool felts under different conditions so you can control the outcome. There is also lots of info on using different types of wool and animal fibres, tips for inexpensive tools, alternate techniques etc. For more info on the course, have a look here: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/wet-felting-for-beginners/

We have lots of ideas in the pipeline and some classes are in development, keep an eye out on our Classes page for further info. We are also hoping other fibre artists will ‘hire’ the Studio site and the Class support forum as an online venue to teach their own classes from. We haven’t figured out the details for this yet, it’s still early days, but it won’t be expensive, we just want to cover hosting costs and media storage expenses; our aim has always been to support the community,  not make our fortunes 🙂  Feel free to contact us if you’re interested.

wet felting FOR BEGINNERS flyer GIVEAWAY smallSo, to celebrate the launch of the Workshop, we’re giving away 4 free class places. The giveaway is for the 3 week course, you just need the supplies and felting equipment listed on the class information page. All you have to do to win is leave a comment in reply to this post. We would really appreciate it if you would blog about it or share the info on Facebook or other social media. We’ll announce the winners on February 6th and contact you with the details. If you’d like to sign up for the course, please use the Contact Form at the bottom of the Class Info page. Good Luck!

***Just to clarify: if you want to enter the giveaway leave a comment on THIS post. To sign up for the class, please use the contact form on the class info page: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/classes/wet-felting-for-beginners/

The Giveaway is now closed. Please have a look at the winners announcement post if you’d like to know who won and for more details about the course. Thanks to everyone who entered and helped spread the word 🙂