MTAS Rae Woolnough Full Day Felting Workshop
Sunday, 4th June 2023
10am – 4pm
Macquarie Towns Arts Society are having a Full Day Felting Workshop with Rae Woolnough on Sunday, 4th June 2023, 10am – 4pm at the Stan Stevens Studio, Deerubbin Center, 300 George St, Windsor.
The workshop is for MTAS Members and Non Members with little or no experience in felting. If you have some experience in felting you can come along and have some fun too.
Participants will cover making felted balls, geodes, ropes/cords, and simple flowers that can easily be turned into jewellery or decorations of many kinds.
You will also make pieces of flat felt that can be used in many applications such as soft furnishings, (cushions, place mats, throws, etc.), book/tablet covers, jewellery, etc.
Techniques will include using resists and adding a multitude of surface designs and embellishments. You will learn how to join, cut, shape, and manipulate felt while gaining a comprehensive understanding of the felting process.
Download the enrolment form here: Felting Workshop Enrolment Form
Cost: $70 Members, $75 Non-Members
Plus Materials Pack: $20 supplied on the day
Address: Stan Stevens Studio, Deerubin Center, 300 George St, Windsor
Please contact Leigh 0401 228 624 for more info or email info [@] mtas.com.au to enrol.
Workshop Information:
All participants are asked to bring the following:
1. Couple of old towels
2. Length of bubble wrap approx.800mm long x 600mm wide.
3. Small pair of scissors (embroidery scissors are best)
4. Bowl/ small bucket for water (re-cycled ice cream buckets or large Yoghurt containers are great)
5. Optional: paper and pen for taking notes (some basic printed notes are provided)
Rae can provide kits with the materials required for the workshop. She always brings a spare of everything below, so participants don’t need to stress if they can’t source anything.
However, if there are members who have access to these resources, then they don’t need to pay for them again:
Workshop Kit includes:
Cost: $20.00 pp (items sold separately if required)
– 100 grams of merino wool roving in complimentary colours ($10.00)
– 0.25 metres of coloured merino pre-felt ($5.00)
– Embellishments – silk material, silk fibre and other embellishments ($3.00)
– Pipe Cleaners and floristry wires ($1.00)
– Decorative ribbon ($1.00)
– Re-cycles various resist material (NC)
– Soap Solution (NC)
– Use of dry felting needle and felting pad (NC) – not included in kit price but, can be purchased separately for $3.00 extra
About Rae Woolnough:
Rae Woolnough is a Textile Artist who specialises in the medium of felt.
Rae’s love of art and textiles has been a lifelong interest, from sewing her first garment at eight years of age to designing and making her own wedding dress, there has always been a connection with textiles and design.
She prefers working with natural products such as fine merino wool, alpaca, and silk and is on a constant quest to find beautiful and unique yarns to use as embellishments in her artworks.
Rae has exhibited her work through solo and group exhibitions in galleries throughout Australia. Her artworks are held in collections throughout Australia and Internationally.
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