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Tuesday Felting 5th 10am - 3pm
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Morning felters
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Here is what is happening as at time of writing as the eNews editor is probably sipping wine and eating croissant at the moment shirking her responsibilities!
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So check the website to see if there are any spots left. If in doubt email info@feltwest.org.au
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Schedule
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10:00am Doors Open & Library Browsing
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10:30am Toss n Tell Bring your latest work
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11:30am Demo - Silk Paper with Nancy Ballesteros
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Bookings Open Now
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Simple Stitches: Infinite Possibilities - SOLD OUT
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Skill Extension - Beginners
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Skill Extension - Eccentric Concentric Bowls or Bountiful Brooches
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Skill Extension - Flower Power
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Discovery Days - Poly Clay Play Days
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Scroll down for more info.
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SOLD OUT!!! Discovering Versatile Viscose with Sara Quail
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Tuesday 5th March 10am - 1pm
Following on from her September demo showcasing a myriad of ways to use viscose, join Sara for a more in depth session about the use of this very versatile fibre. She will be happy to explain and guide you in detail through a variety of techniques. Sara will bring around 30 viscose samples that include: Marbling, making viscose paper, graphic designs, textured elements, cobweb and faux nuno.
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Tuesday Meeting 5 March 2024
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Discovering Versatile Viscose with Sara Quail
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Toss n Tell - March with our very own Master Felter Nancy Ballesteros
This is a Demo & Do Session
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So bring along you felting gear and put your new found skill into practice after the demo.
Silk Paper with Nancy Ballesteros
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Tuesday 5th March 10am - 1pm
Following on from her September demo showcasing a myriad of ways to use viscose, join Sara for a more in depth session about the use of this very versatile fibre. She will be happy to explain and guide you in detail through a variety of techniques. Sara will bring around 30 viscose samples that include: Marbling, making viscose paper, graphic designs, textured elements, cobweb and faux nuno.
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This will be an informal and unstructured session based on the interest of the participants on the day. For making smallish samples, bring your normal felting kit as well as small carders or a dog brush if you have one. This is an opportunity to utilise your wool odds and ends, as minimal wool will be required. The techniques suit a variety of decorative fibres, so bring any viscose, other plant fibre or silk fibre you may have. Viscose packs will be available to purchase on the day.
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Silk paper is an exciting new and unique medium for designing with silk fibres. A shimmering sheet of the silk paper is created by simply laying down unspun fibres and “gluing” them together with various adhesive mediums. Silk paper captures the intense lustre and beauty of silk fibres but it is not considered a true sheet of laid paper. Its surface texture can be manipulated in a variety of ways – scrunching, moulding, stitching etc. By experimenting with the various adhesives mediums you can learn to paint with the silk paper, use it in felting, create unique sculptural pieces or design wearable art.
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On the day, you will be shown a variety of samples of different types of Silk paper and discussion on how they were made. We will then break off and create a sample of Silk paper that can be used in your own felting.
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We hope you can join Nancy for an exploration into one of our favourite fibres –Silk!
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This is a Demo & Do session
- 10gms of Silk Tops (Bombyx or Tussah) – various colours can be fun to play with
- Optional - 10gms of Silk Throwsters Waste
- Optional Empty Spray Bottle – or there will be a few available you can share around
- Old cloth for any spills
- Scissors
- Plus your felting gear & wool
- Starch Medium for making Silk paper for felters
- Grease Proof Paper
- Iron & Ironing board
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Sold Out - Simple Stitches: Infinite Possibilities
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Embroidery offers infinite possibilities. This workshop invites exploration of a simple range of stitches and their adaptability. In a small group, a facilitator will guide you through a simple, single stitch to create a small sample as a reference point. Then, changing length or direction of stitch, thread weight and/or color, proximity or repetition, you are on the way to creating any number of free-form variations. There are no boundaries.
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The participants will repeat this process with a different stitch, either from the Straight Stitch family, Cross stitch, or Knots & Chains families. All the while creating different lines, marks, outlines, filling-in or to play with movement.
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The effects of stitches vary with the background fabric, so you may wish to try your newfound techniques on your own felted textiles with the guidance and support in developing your own personal compilation.
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Materials included in cost: Needles, fabrics, selection of threads
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A selection of textile threads and fibres, stitch accessories, sample fabrics and pre-loved books will be available for purchase.
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Participant Experience Level: Beginners to more experienced.
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This workshop will be facilitated by Jennifer Walton. A teacher, Jenny has been a member of the Embroiderers’ Guild since 2003 and Group Leader of the Guild’s Innovative Stitches Group for several years.
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The group, formed in the early 2000s to cater for a growing number of Guild members who wanted to extend their skills beyond traditional embroidery to design and contemporary textile techniques.
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Monthly workshops give members skills in techniques needed including embroidery, felting, fabric collage, and fabric manipulation. The group also works together to encourage and help members develop their own artistic style and interests.
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Recent exhibitions include ‘Signals, Cyphers and Stories: A stitched history of telecommunications’ at Wireless Hill Museum in 2021 and ‘Enshrined’ at the Zig Zag Gallery in Kalamunda October 2023.
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The facilitators will be 3 experienced embroiderers, who have each exhibited work as individuals and contributed pieces to form group installations.
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Bookings Open February 17th
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Skill Extension - Eccentric Concentric Bowls
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or Bountiful Brooches... Learn how to layer multiple resists to make these eccentric bowls or brooches with concentric multi-coloured layers felted together with a surprise, textured centre. This is a great introductory workshop for using multiple resists and for working in miniature. All equipment will be supplied. Materials packs $5 each. Bookings Open Now
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Skill Extension - Flower Power
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Join us to learn the magic of manipulating felt from one simple resist to make a vast array of wonderful flowers, and how to attach them to a stem for an everlasting bouquet. These flowers would also add fabulous textural interest to felt scarves or dresses.
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Poly Clay - Session 1 -Conditioning Clay
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This session: Equipment & Tools. Conditioning & storing clay. We will explore the fundamentals of polymer clay along with 3 exciting techniques that will allow us to compose beautiful buttons, toggles, beads, focal pieces and fasteners for felted wearables. Participants will be able to make a variety of items from the included clay depending on their choices. For example the …
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Contact Us
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President Liz Owens - feltwest.president@gmail.com
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Vice President Soosie Jobson - feltwest.vicepresident@gmail.com
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Treasurer Claire Russell - feltwest.treasurer@gmail.com
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Secretary Jo Ganon - feltwest.secretary@gmail.com
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Workshop Co-ordinator Position Vacant feltwest.workshops@gmail.com
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Skill Extension & Beginners Sue Eslick feltwest.eventscalendar@gmail.com
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Feel free to forward this eNews to any like minded people who might like the opportunity to meet felters, learn and share new skills and generally do all things felty.
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If you are not a member of Feltwest you are missing out on amazing workshops from experienced local, interstate and international tutors, and heaps of event opportunities like exhibitions and markets. Sound good? Join here:
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