1/2 Day Classes - Friday (June 9) PM
Check-In Begins: 11:30am
Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Class: 1:00pm-4:00pm
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The online registration deadline is May 25, 2023
Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Class: 1:00pm-4:00pm
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The online registration deadline is May 25, 2023
Wet Felting for Bold, Graphic Effects
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INSTRUCTOR: Janelle Sowers
SKILL LEVEL: All PREREQUISITE: N/A MATERIALS: $10.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Optional items: soap only if they have specific sensitivities. Olive oil soap will be used. DESCRIPTION: Whether you are new to wet felting or an experienced feltmaker looking to build your technique repertoire, you will explore how to use value, color, and shape to achieve vibrant results that highlight the raw wild beauty of wool while exacting defined designs. Felt painter, Janelle Sowers, is delighted to share some of the wet felt techniques she has developed learning from artisans during a two year tenure in Mongolia. We will use a felting process that builds an image from foreground to background, inspired by central Asian felt rug traditions. By the end of the class, each participant will create an exciting flat felt design that can have fine art or functional applications. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Janelle Sowers is an avid lover of all things flora and fauna, owing to her work with wool and natural dyes. Her motivation is from the colors extracted from the dye garden and the natural world, crafting images inspired by her innate longing to commune with nature. Janelle has over 20 years of experience in art education with children to adults, eight of them spent internationally. Two of those years were in Mongolia, affording the opportunity to develop her feltmaking with master artisans. Her main technique is wet felting imagery that seeks to enhance the wild quality of the fiber as well as exact edges through specific techniques gained in Mongolia and observed in traditional central asian rug making. Janelle is delighted to share her discoveries with the Estes Wool Market. Participants will gain insights into creating imagery for fine art and craft through wet felting without the use of the needle. Participants will learn drafting for pre-felts, color blending, how to exact edges or contours, and finishing or fulling techniques. Resources will be shared to further individual inquiry on techniques. No prior experience is necessary. Contact Instructor |
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Woolen Watercolors - Painting with Wool
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INSTRUCTOR: Tammy Jordan
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner PREREQUISITE: No prior needle-felting or painting experience required. MATERIALS: $25.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. Includes fiber, felting needles, frame, mat, foam felting mat, and resource guide with detailed instructions. STUDENTS TO BRING: Students should bring an inspiration photo and their willingness to learn. They are welcome to bring their favorite felting needles if they would like, but it's not required. DESCRIPTION: Come create your very own masterpiece while learning to paint with wool. We’ll start with needle-felting your design, building color and textures, and then we’ll finish it off with a steam wet-felt before matting and framing your work. I’ll provide everything you need, including colored fiber, felting needles, foam mats, picture mat and frame. You bring an inspiration photo, your love of color and a willingness to learn and create! INSTRUCTOR BIO: Tammy is a fourth-generation fiber artist who enjoys sharing her passion with everyone she meets. Her love of sheep, wool, writing, and inspiring others to learn led her on the path of running her own business, Goldieknots Montana, which specializes in Montana-grown wool, locally processed yarn, spinning fiber, and Made in Montana handmade gift items. Her business also does educational programming in fiber arts, ranging from fiber preparation to completed projects which she lovingly refers to as “Fleece to Fashion.” She participated in the Montana Arts Council’s MAP Program in 2016 and has taught fiber-related classes throughout the United States. She is a current board member and newsletter editor of the Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners, current member and past Secretary and Co-Chair of the Prairie Handspinners Guild in Billings, Montana, a member and Secretary of the Lincoln Council for the Arts, and founder of the Lincoln Fiber Circle in her home town of Lincoln, Montana. Her teaching style is fun, creative, and interactive, and when she’s not in her studio creating or on the road teaching, you can find her writing articles for her local newspaper and spending time with her dogs, sheep, horse, and other barnyard critters. Contact Instructor |
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Fiber Across the Wheel
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INSTRUCTOR: Amy Manko
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate PREREQUISITE: Know how to spin and ply. MATERIALS: $25.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Functional spinning wheel or spindle, multiple bobbins, niddy noddy or ball winder, combs, cards, and/or flicker, whichever you have and prefer. DESCRIPTION: Based on an article written for Ply Magazine, we will explore multiple fibers of all types individually to experience how they behave ‘across the wheel’. In this class we will start in our comfy Merino box and then blast into the world of unusual fibers made by plants, animals, (and maybe even scientists!) discovering the attributes we are looking for to add some zest to our spinning and maybe even to blend with some of our favorite ‘wheelhouse’ fibers. Students are encouraged to bring blending boards and hand cards to experiment with blending fibers in the final portion of the class. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Amy Ross Manko travels the country (and now the world) teaching, researching and writing about her favorite topic – Rare Breed Sheep! When she’s not on the road, spreading the gospel of critically endangered livestock, she’s managing her historic farm with her son Drew, raising 9 breeds of heritage and rare breed sheep, as well as cattle, draft horses, mini-donkeys and poultry. She is the owner of Ross Farm Mercantile Inc,, headquartered in Hudson, Ohio, and provides love and shelter to homeless fiber equipment in her small studio there. Contact Instructor |
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Textured Crochet Stitches
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INSTRUCTOR: Kira Dulaney
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate PREREQUISITE: You should be comfortable with chain stitch, single crochet, and double crochet MATERIALS: N/A STUDENTS TO BRING: Students should bring: 100 yards of easy-to-see yarn (small amounts are fine, or bring a few full skeins to start scarves), crochet hook in size(s) appropriate for your yarn(s), removable stitch markers. DESCRIPTION: Textured Crochet Stitches: Bring dimension & depth to your crochet by manipulating your stitches. We’ll work on different textured stitch patterns, incorporating crossed stitches, puff stitches, and post stitches. You can make swatches to practice, or start a series of textured scarves! INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kira Dulaney has been teaching fiber arts classes and hosting crafty events in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond since 2002. As a teacher, her focus is on providing valuable information in a stress-free environment, and supporting students through the learning process. She is also the designer behind Kira K Designs, a line of original knitting and crochet patterns and kits featuring clean lines and intriguing details that are both interesting to make and easy to wear. Kira has taught at Lambtown Festival, Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, the Natural Fiber Fair, Stitches events, and TNNA, as well as numerous guilds and yarn shops. Contact Instructor |
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Spinning Wheel Synergy
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INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Flynn Sokolov
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate PREREQUISITE: Students should be familiar with the basic terminology associated with spinning and be able to comfortably spin a continuous yarn. MATERIALS: $10.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Bring a working spinning wheel and all its accessories. DESCRIPTION: Get acquainted with your spinning wheel. Whether it is a wheel you have had for a while or one that is new to you, it's time to build a rapport. Find your internal rhythm and spin along with your wheel to better understand your yarn. In this class, we will talk about the mechanics of your wheel and how adjustments affect your yarn. Please bring a working wheel with extra bobbins, whorls, orifice hooks, and a couple skeins of yarn you have spun. We will trouble shoot common problems such as over twisted yarn and issues with the take up or draw on of your wheel. Instruction on plying is not covered in this class. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Stephanie Flynn Sokolov has a diverse expert background including spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, and dying. She instructs weaving on Craftsy.com and spinning on the Schacht School of Textile Arts. She co-authored Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom with Jane Patrick. Her other projects can be found in Spin-Off Magazine, The Weaver’s Idea book by Jane Patrick and on the Schacht Spindle website. All students are sure to find inspiration in any class she teaches. Contact Instructor |
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What's the Buzz about a Needle Felted Beehive?
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INSTRUCTOR: Monique Mullis
SKILL LEVEL: monikki1721@gmail.com PREREQUISITE: None MATERIALS: $20.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. Includes: 2 felting needles (two sizes), felting pad, Beehive Kit from The Crafty Kit Co, needle felting basics hand-out and some secret surprises. STUDENTS TO BRING: N/A DESCRIPTION: What is all the BUZZ about needle felting? It’s a popular fiber art that lets you stab things and is super easy and fun to learn! In this workshop, we will quickly overview needle-felting (history, tools, general technique) and then jump right into the project: a delightful beehive with buzzing bees. The project is from a felting kit designed by The Crafty Kit Co in Scotland. With your creativity and imagination, the hive and bees will be a unique felted item for you to be proud of This project is geared for beginners (first-timers, or still learning basics) and you will have a chance to learn basic felting techniques and develop additional skills. We will felt the hive entirely out of wool roving and we will learn about various needle sizes and their proper application. All supplies will be provided. In fact, you will receive the complete felting kit (with full color instructions) from The Crafty Kit CO. You will also receive a felting pad and needles that you can use over and over. Some special surprises will also be added to your supply kit. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Hi! I am Monique Mullis, a retired Colorado State Park Ranger and co-owner of The Felted Dog with my sister. I am self-taught and started needle-felting over twelve years ago after looking high and low for a fiber art that didn’t include counting! It didn’t take me long to quickly learn what a fun, inexpensive, and addicting hobby it can be. I get most of my inspiration from nature and like to add my version of silly whimsy to all the projects I make. Over the years, I have learned various applications of needle felting, from appliqué on wool to 3-D wool creatures. I continue to develop my personal technique called EZ Peazy felting which uses little “cheats” to ensure a successful project the first time. I have designed several felting kits with these fiber “hacks” front and center. Over the years, I have been so lucky to travel to many fiber festivals as a vendor and instructor. I have taught needle felting workshops at the Estes Park Wool Market, Sneffels Fiber Festival in Ridgway Colorado, the Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival, Bander Fiber Festival, the Eureka Springs Fiber Festival in Arkansas and even a virtual workshop in 2020 at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (Rhinebeck). I also teach monthly felting classes in our storefront and maker’s space in Pueblo Colorado. While I enjoy perfecting my own skills and making art pieces, I am particularly passionate about introducing people to needle felting and giving them the skills and tools they need to make their own fiber creations. Contact Instructor |
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