Feltmaking
Duration
10 weeks. Monday 7.00pm - 9.00pm.
Further information
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€149. €30 materials fee.
Course Description:
Welcome to the wonderful world of wool. Using beautiful Merino wool and other fibres to produce woolly works of Art. You will learn all of the terms and many techniques to create your own fabric and solid forms, from fluffy fibre, done using the wet felting technique. (Students will be required to pay a €30 materials charge) Feltmaking is a slow craft, it takes time to build up skills but is very therapeutic. Each week we learn a new technique, building up from the preceding one. The course, aimed at beginners and improvers is a hands on course, involving using just wool fibre and soap and warm water (no glue) to create works of art, jewellery, purses, pouches, felt flower brooches, sculptures, bowls and felt pictures to frame, are just some of the items that you can create. Wool is an amazing material, indigenous to us in Ireland, and enmeshed in our history and culture. Wool also has fantastic thermal qualities, is windproof and shower proof, (think of the Aran jumper) and is totally sustainable , biodegradable, renewable, and so much more.
Course Content:
Weeks 1 to 4 are spent working on making felt jewellery elements, like making a variety of bead shapes, cords and ropes, and felt flowers, culminating in a Felt flower lariat neckpiece.
Week 5 We welcome a Guest Feltmaker from Feltmakers Ireland, (the Guild which promotes Feltmaking in Ireland) Clare Brophy, who will show and discuss the making of some of her beautiful pieces, Clare will then, very kindly share some of her skills, hand on, with the class.
Week 6 Will be spent consolidating techniques learnt in preparation for a small personal project.
Week 7 to 10 (inclusive) will be spent working on an individual project, the making of which will be shared and discussed together on week 10.
Clodagh was a committee member of Feltmakers Ireland for over 10 years, and has attended masterclasses with Feltmakers in Denmark, Italy, UK, Netherlands. Clodagh have lived in UK, France, U.A.E. and Italy and exhibited her work nationally. Clodagh an Art Educator and Feltmaker and has spent much of her life to date in Education settings, lecturing and teaching art at 2nd and 3rd level. She is currently work facilitating artmaking in The Intellectually Disabled Sector. She has a passion for Textiles, especially the world of wool and the ancient craft of Feltmaking.
Director of Adult Education: Mr Conor Barry
Telephone: 01 8129346 / 01 8221626
email: nightclasses@castleknockcc.ie
Website: www.castleknockcc.ie