Feltmaking: exploring nature's palette
Using the hues and textures of nature as inspiration, explore how colour and surfaces can be transformed during the felting process. With a focus on the tints and tones found in West Dean Gardens throughout each season, you will heighten your perception for observing and connecting to nature, as you create a number of felted samples with potential to make into a finished piece of artwork..
Ability: Beginners/Intermediate
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects.
Access: Six months of online access to all of the course content.
Ability: Beginners/Intermediate
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects.
Access: Six months of online access to all of the course content.
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Introduction to your tutor Jeanette Appleton and workshop overview
Getting started
Workshops
Getting started
- Materials, equipment, health and safety, what is felt?
Workshops
- Colour mixing fibres inspired by West Dean Gardens
- Adding a second layer of fibres
- How to bond fibres together
- How to manipulate prefelts and securing method
- Completing the felting
- Conclusion: Exploring the potential of your samples
Course includes:
You will need:
Materials
Equipment
- Access to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with course content
- A series of instructional videos to work through and repeat at your own pace
- Practical tasks to complete
- Helpful materials suppliers list
- Student online gallery where you can post images of your work for tutors to review and comment on
- Support from the college and tutors via email should you need it during the course
- Additional notes and ideas
You will need:
Materials
- Dyed merino wool tops, 21or 22 micron
- Two tones of each of two complimentary colours (eg two x reds and two x greens), five other colours and white.
- Approximately 5-10 grms per colour
- Natural sewing threads, cotton and/or wool
- Two white, two black and one variated. Approximately 1-2 metres each
- White silk chiffon, minimum size 30 x 5 cms
- A2 sheet of white cartridge paper, medium weight
- 2 x sheets of A2 paper
- Masking tape
Equipment
- Olivia olive oil soap (easily purchased from health stores)
- Plain synthetic net curtain material, open weave(not patterned), minimum size 30 x 30cms
- Bubble wrap, approximately 70 x 45cms
- Absorbent cloth
- Old towel
- Fabric scissors
- Headed fabric pins
- Soft plastic bag, slightly bigger than your hand
- Small plastic bowl
- Clear flat workspace covered with plastic sheeting
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Tutor
Jeanette Appleton
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