Please note my online store is closed until the 23rd May and I will not be answering emails until then. A little break from Felt Land
An awesome film clip on how to tie your scarves …so creative!!Enjoy!
Click here ….HOW TO TIE A SCARF
A few new pieces of mine and a few oldies …..
We have just uploaded a new You Tube Video on how to make a solid felt flower…technology is wondrous.
Thank you to Hannah French for her photography and technical skills that enabled this to happen…finally!
Hannah is looking for more textile contacts for her work so please email me so I can pass on your contact details .
Or watch here!
Stay tuned for the next you tube clip .It will be Felt Flower Designs..This is a quick show and tell of basic layout techniques of flower designs for solid felt or nuno felt designs.
Nothing like a huge project for a beginner feltmaker! Wendy Wilson came to me for three days of classes for a special class to construct a monet style wallhanging…We had a ball. What a learning curve!I think she did a wonderful job.Andy came and helped with tweaking the design and then rolled it…A big effort
My Favourite artist Hundertwasser inspires me again!
A vase of poppies in my bathroom inspired yet another still life.....I like the mosaic vase.I have had this fabric waiting for just the right project!
Its been a bit busy …here are some photos of what I have been up to! So much to do and the problem is I love it ALL so it is hard to cut back and say no .At least I am not doing things I dislike! Have had a lovely time doing a wedding dress with my lovely friend Lucinda. We did the dress together and she got married last Saturday.She looked amazing and the dress was really beautiful on her! We rubbed it to fit on her body and so it was just the perfect shape-felt is a wonderful thing! Fibre Fest has come and gone. My piece “Hundertwasser Again” tied as the Peoples Choice Award which was lovely.It is about 2.2 meters long!
My still life went off to a new home which then inspired me want to make another one!
Classes at Noosa Regional Gallery are now live on their website and bookings are being taken.
Here is the link to the pages: https://galleries.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=workshops
Go to the workshop you want and click on the link to make your booking.You then just need to call the gallery on 5449 5340 to pay with your card.
How easy is that ? Classes are starting in May 10th and 11th….lots of lovely items ,check out the link above for details.
I have some vacancies this weekend for my studio classes so if you want to come make felt there are spaces on Friday and Sunday! Must tootle have been on computer ALL day. Unbelievable!
My Jacket inspired by my Mums painting pallette.
Lucinda's wedding dress, hand felted by Lucinda and I -a real team effort!
The front of Lucinda's wedding dress
STOP PRESS!!!! Does life get any more exciting than this !!
How exciting-all my dreams have come true! I will be teaching felting on a cruise to New Zealand in February 2014 -I am SO excited !! Come join me and make felt, watch the ice show on the boats rink(,yes I am serious!) or you could work out in the gym after class and go for a long jog on the running track with me-or you could just relax and watch the ocean rise and fall !!It is a very big boat!! Must get that passport updated……………
http://www.needleworktours.com.au/2014-brochure
Fibre Fest 2013: An exhibition by members of Qld Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists Ltd
Dates 1 – 3 March, 2013
Times 10am – 4pm Fri & Sat, 10am – 3pm Sun
Opening 7pm Fri 1 March by Jenny Woodward, ABC Weather Reporter
Venue Brisbane Botanic Gardens Auditorium, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane
Entry Adults $3 children under 12 free
Contact fibrefest@qldspinners.org.au or Natalie 0422287358
Details:
From 1 to 3 March 2013, Qld Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists Ltd,
biennial exhibition will again be celebrating excellence in all fibre arts.
While the diverse techniques on display are based in tradition, the directions contemporary artists take them in are anything but old fashioned.
Spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, knitting, crochet, braiding, basketry,
papermaking and bookmaking – they’re all represented and you’ve never seen
anything like them before.
In addition to the exhibition there will be a gallery shop and
demonstrations catering to all ages with activities for the younger visitors.
7pm Friday 1 March 2013 Event will be opened by ABC Weather Reporter, Jenny Woodward.
2.30pm Saturday 2 March Dr John Hains will be speaking about the making of his Turkish style carpet celebrating his rural property “Tolderodin” (known locally as “Running Creek”)
The quick version: He made the Spinning wheel, spun the wool, dyed the wool, designed the carpet, started weaving it …. then his 3 yr old grandson cut the Warp threads …. you’ll have to come to his talk to hear the rest.11-1 Sat & Sun Joan Apthorp will be showing our younger visitors how to spin their own piece of yarn to make a bookmark. It may be wool or it may be something very different!
Further details can be found at: qldspinners.org.au or by contacting fibrefest@qldspinners.org.au
I will be demonstrating felting at Fibre Fest on Saturday at 12.30-4.30
Stop Press …Unexpectedly and wonderfully , Jorie Johnson will be joining us all the way from Japan for a special class at the end of October , stay tuned for details! Please email me if you interested in being part of the class -I am sure it will fill quickly.
You may be familiar with her lovely book pictured below. To see Jorie’s work please go to www.joirae.com and read her very impressive biography on www.joirae.com/bio/index.htm Jorie is a very well known and experienced world class textile artist and designer and I hope you can join us for her class.It will be a thrill!
Happy New Year to you all!I have had a lovely Christmas and a very nice beginning to the year.I have been planning classes for the New Year and have spent about three full weeks on the computer doing all my documentation and the things that make my Felt World go round! No resolutions but I have very successfully begun a nice new routine for each day including a walk,a meditation and a bit more time with my other half. Trying to find the balance in life is a never ending journey.
Very excited to have Liz Clay former President of the International Feltmakers Association teach at The Felt Studio in April 18th-21st. Details to be advised. Liz will be teaching a couture class and a lovely pleated boa/scarf. www.lizclay.com
13th/14/15th September we will have Anna Gunnarsdottir from ICELAND! Anna will be teaching her resist methods and we will be making sculptural pods to use as lamps or sculptures .Full Details to be advised. http://www.annagunnars.is/
Pam de Groot has confirmed her class for the 1-4th August . A four day naturally dyed garment class .To see Pam’ s work pamdegroot.blogspot.com.au . It is Pam’ s second year at the Studio and we are looking forward to it.She has had a busy year travelling all around the world teaching.
My new classes for the year up on site . I will be teaching monthly classes at Threads and More Indooroopilly and 4 Noosa Regional Art Gallery Classes for those of you on the North Coast as well as The Textile Art Academy and Koala Conventions. It is going to be full but fun!
Hi Everyone.Our Online store is closed from the December 7th until the 21st December as we have an annual holiday.
We apologise for any inconvenience.Have a wonderful Christmas!
Just spent a lovely weekend at Jondaryan Woolshed west of here
. An historic Wool shed with all the charm of yesteryear .It is a great place to go camping and has great facilities.Here are some pictures you might enjoy.The sheep just made me laugh they were so interested in me!
The Queensland Spinners Weavers and Fibre Artists Christmas Fair in Auchenflower, Brisbane is a craft market with a difference. This is an annual event for the QSWFA, providing the opportunity for members and crafts people to highlight their talents and display their work. A wide range of handcrafted items, made with love and care by QSWFA members will be on display and available for purchase.From beautiful hand beaded Christmas decorations to hand crafted garments there will be a gift for everyone.
The Emporium will be open to the public and a massive amount of fibre arts accessories will be available, ranging from raw fleece and hand painted silk fibres to spinning, weaving and dying supplies. There will be the ever-popular sausage sizzle along with wonderful home baked goodies to eat just like Gran used to make.
Spinning demonstrations and musical performances will be happening throughout the day.
Spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, book making, basket making, cake stall, second hand supplies stall, fibres, fabrics, plants, colourful hand dyed materials.
Sunday 25 November
9 am – 2 pm
Fibrecraft House
12 Payne Road
Auchenflower
I will be there with bells on with a felt stall- so pop in and say hi! Would love to see you there!
