Learn how to create beautiful felt crafts such as felt flowers, felt animals, and felt jewelry in Chicago's Crafting with Felt classes. Participants will learn various felting techniques and leave with their own handmade creations.
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Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basic fundamentals of needle felting as you create a miniature, posable plush figure of your favorite animal or cartoon/video game character. Learn how to create a basic wire armature, sculpt simple 3D shapes and create 2D designs out of wool.
TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL
Each student will design and make their own felted area rug/wall tapestry during this 3 day workshop. On Day one, students will design their rugs and create pre-felts to cut out their design elements and then go on to begin to layout the project. On day two the final layout, layering of wool will be completed. On day three the rugs will be wetted, sanded, rolled, felted stomped on, pounded and fulled to a finished piece. Weather permitting,...
TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL
This class introduces students to the fun, unusual process of wet felting by making a thin, soft, flat felt fabric. The project may be used as a neck scarf, table runner or wall piece. Wet felting by-passes spinning and knitting (it's true! there's no knitting involved) and capitalizes on the natural attributes of animal hair fibers to bond together in the formation of a "non-woven" fabric. During Tammy's 3-hour workshop, each student will work...
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Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover the ancient art of felt-making in a hands-on class at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Create decorative, 6-inch wool bowls using wet felting techniques and unique design elements. All supplies, including locally sourced and hand-dyed materials, are included.
Stained Glass Felt Frank lloyd Wright / Mondrian / Floral Garland Are All Possible in this Day Long Class Spend the day creating your own one of a kind master piece in felt using fine merino wool and hand painted Silk Gauze for the "windows". This is a laminated felt (nuno felt) variant that allows each maker the opportunity to draw their own reversible design with Tammy there to teach you felting strategies unique to your piece. First Time...
TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, IL
This class introduces students to the fun, unusual process of wet felting by making a thin, soft, flat felt fabric. The project may be used as a neck scarf, table runner or wall piece. Wet felting by-passes spinning and knitting (it's true! there's no knitting involved) and capitalizes on the natural attributes of animal hair fibers to bond together in the formation of a "non-woven" fabric. During Tammy's 3-hour workshop, each student will work...
TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL
Wool has a natural property that allows it to become felt when treated through agitation, moisture, pressure and heat. Wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural. By using smaller quantities of wool and encouraging the fibers to pass through and bind to Silk Chiffon (referred to as laminating) a unique and surprisingly durable, drape-able felt can be created. This technique is applicable to yardages for use in clothing and hat design work. ...
TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, IL
Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come and play with this fun, unusual, magical process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of animal hair to turn yarn and roving into this sculptural neck "ruff". This is a wet felting technique that delivers a stabilized fabric which won't pill or become hairy with wear. During Tammy's 3.5 hour workshop, each student will make their own scarf in their choice...
Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, leather details 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes. Note: Supply fees vary depending on project size. Students are welcome to bring their own supplies.
Three dimension resist felting technique will be covered and explained. This is project orientated 3 hours workshop and students will make a sample .
In this Nuno wet felting 2 day workshop students will be working on project (making garment/skirt). They will further improve nuno felting techniques, also design methods and embellishing principals will be covered.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Create a landscape with beautiful skies, hills and flowers. You will create a felted picture, complete with yarns for adding texture and vivid hand-dyed wools for foliage and flowers. Start with a white canvas of wool and make it come alive as you learn techniques to create great landscape pieces. Learn and be inspired to capture nature’s glory in felt! All materials included.
Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, thermo-fax machine made images, 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes.
Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, thermo-fax machine made images, 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes. Note: Wet felting/ Nuno I Make it & wear it series you'll be making 3 fabulous scarfs. All classes should be taken in order.
Wet felting 103. Ruffle scarf project. Students will learn how to make curly felt edges and incorporate it on silk.
3D wet felting intermediate class. Purse project. Combining felt with leather to design and make a felted purse incorporating silk, yarn, other fibers.
Bolero scarf project for intermediate and advanced students.
This is a six hour workshop for students who is interested in creating one of a kind silk and merino wool scarf. Note: Beginners class on Nuno felting is required .
This 6 hours first workshop is for intermediate students who completed beginners class in wet felting. During the 6 hours students will learn how to work with size, select design options and finishes. At the end of the workshop unique, one of a kind scarf will be made.
Project orientated 4 hours , workshop for students who will be interested in learning how to apply resist in wet felting, design elements and some leather design applications will be covered. Pre-requisite wet felting 101 and 3D wet felting for beginners.
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