Saturday, March 12
3-6pm Beadmaking (Beginning Wet-Felting and Needle-Felting)
Sunday, March 13
11am-2pm Intro to Nuno: Nuno Collage & Fiber Sampler (Beginning Nuno-Felting)
Saturday, March 19
10am-12pm Intro to Felt: Painterly Patch (Beginning Wet-Felting and Needle-Felting)
1-6pm Scarflette (Intermediate Nuno-Felting)
Sunday, March 20
12-6pm Creative Resists: Sack (Intermediate/Advanced Wet-Felting)
Saturday, March 26
12-5pm Scarflette (Intermediate Nuno-Felting)
Sunday, March 27
10am-3pm Pictorial Felt (Advanced Wet-Felting)
4-7pm Intro to Nuno: Nuno Collage & Fiber Sampler (Beginning Nuno-Felting)
FELT 101: PAINTERLY FELT
Suggested Prerequisite: None
Beginning Wet-Felting and Needle-Felting. Introduction to basic feltmaking techniques. Students learn about materials and set-up, layout and using wool in a painterly way. Basic wet-felting by hand is followed with needle felting to add detail. Beginning students will make pieces smaller than 12″ x 12″ with an emphasis on using different wools and creating edges.
2 hour class; $50 (includes materials) Class size limited to 6
FELT 102: BASIC RESIST (BERET)
Suggested Prerequisite: Painterly Patch
Intermediate Wet-Felting. Use a plastic resist to create 3-dimensional form. Focus on creating successful edges, surface design and scrub to fit. Students finish piece with steaming and blocking. Related to making handbags and vessels and hat-making.
3 hours; $100 (includes materials) Class size limited to 4
Next available:
NA
FELT 103: CREATIVE RESISTS (SACK)
Suggested Prerequisite: Painterly Patch and Beret
Intermediate/Advanced Wet-Felting. Making complex forms through the use of layered resists to make a flap-over purse with pocket. Rolling to create even cords. Multilayered flowers for decoration.
6 hours; $200 (includes materials) Class size limited to 4
Next Available:
NA
FELT 104: Beadmaking Intensive
Suggested Prerequisite: None
Beginning Wet-Felting and Needle-Felting. Use rolling techniques to make CONFETTI/SWIRL MILLEFIORI BEADS; Felt over foam to make BUBBLE BEADS; Felt over 3-d forms to make MARBLED BEADS
2-3 hours; $80 (includes materials) Class size limited to 6
Next Available:
NA
FELT 105: Pictorial Felt
Suggested Prerequisite: Painterly Patch
Advanced Wet-Felting. Self-directed, free-form class open to exploring your creative vision. Work as large as 3’ square to create a picture in felt. Instruction about Blending Colors, Graphic strategy, using “brushstrokes”, 3-d textures and possibilities. Create landscapes, portraits, still lifes or abstracts in felted wool.
5 hours; $220 (includes materials) Class size limited to 2
Next Available:
March 27 10 am-3 pm
FELT 201: Nuno Collage & Fiber Sampler (Intro to Nuno)
Suggested Prerequisite: Painterly Patch
Beginning Nuno-Felting. Create an art piece using layers of fabric and wool. Learn about different fabrics and wools used for successful nuno felting in the process. Basic rolling technique with emphasis on expediting rolling time. Learn by experimenting with different fabrics and wools, pre-felts and yarns and other materials to discover how different materials felt. Learn to identify materials and work with exotic wools and blends as well as variety of felt-able fabrics.
2-3 hours; $80 (includes materials) Class size limited to 6
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FELT 202: Nuno Scarflette
Suggested Prerequisite: Nuno Collage
Intermediate Nuno-Felting. Make a floral-inspired neckpiece using nuno techniques. Use hand-rolling as well as felting on a rolling machine to felt the wool to fabric. Finish with sewing techniques to add ruffles and functionality.
5 hours; $200 (includes materials) Class size limited to 4
Next Available:
March 19 1-6 pm 2 spots left!
March 26 12-5 pm 2 spots left!
About Classes
The Harlequin Feltworks studio is located in the Dogpatch area of San Francisco. GOOGLE MAP
You will receive instructions and directions by email prior to class.
Classes are designed to teach specific skill sets related to the craft of felt-making. Many class techniques can be applied to a larger realm of projects (i.e. Beret technique can also be used for making bags and vessels).
Students are welcome to repeat classes to create more complicated projects according to personal goals, so long as it is within the scope of the lesson. Contact instructor.
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