Instructors Among Us

Sharon Costello will be teaching two classes this fall at the Northeast Fiber Arts Center in Williston, VT. :

Advanced Figurative Needle Felting: Sculpting Young & Old. Friday Nov 11 (Veteran’s Day), 10 – 4. Sharon will guide advanced needle felters  thru the techniques to achieve different facial expressions and facial types. Students will sculpt the head of a young child and the head of a very old person. They will learn how old faces differ from others and how to achieve realistic wrinkles and facial expressions. Students will also sculpt hands, learning how to create realistic articulated fingers.

Nature in Felt: Texture, Color and Form. Sat & Sun Nov 12 & 13, 10 – 4. Learn to look at close-up forms in nature  with a new “eye”…distilling the essence of photographic images and translating them into either two or three dimensional felt “studies”. In the process, learn a range of methods for creating varied surface and textural effects as well as sculptural forms in felt.

For more information contact:
Jennifer Hoag,
Northeast Fiber Arts Center
7531 Williston Rd.  Williston, VT 05495
802-288-8081

http://www.northeastfiberarts.com

Seamless Short Sleeve/Vest Class

Linda Veilleux will teach a 3 day Seamless Short Sleeve/Vest Class September 2-4 (arrive on Sept. 1), 2011.  This is an annual French/English speaking session with a translator.  You will explore design and proper fit for your garment.  The class will be held at Linda’s studio in Charlotte, Vermont. Contact Linda via email at lindaveilleux11@gmail.com or (802)425-2560 for information.

Correction on Irene Dizes Class Information posted April 21

Regarding the Felt and Sew Jacket/Vest Class on July 16-17, participants will sew a jacket or vest from felt they have made prior to the class. This is a sewing class, not a felting class. See Irene’s work at http://www.handsoncreativity.biz

Instructors Among Us

Irene Dizes will teach a Felt and Sew Jacket/Vest Class July 16-17 (arrive on July 15) 2011. Participants will sew a jacket or vest using felt fabric created during the class.
Location: 701 Beckley Rd., Berlin, CT 06037
Contact: Irene Dizes at 860-828-0091 or e-mail irenedizes@hotmail.com
See Irene’s work at http://www.handsoncreativity.biz

Robin Blakney-Carlson makes the news

For the full article go to http://poststar.com/lifestyles/article_ca36eef8-421b-11e0-a513-001cc4c002e0.html

 

Davey Jones Gallery exhibits felt.

Several Guild members currently have a show at the Davey Jones Gallery. Here are some of the photos of the work they produced.

 

 

 

 

Instructors Among Us

Instructor: Diane Christian
Art and Design by Diane Christian
See her work at FeltInspiration.etsy.com

http://feltinspiration.blogspot.com/

FELT LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP
Explore the fundamentals of landscape painting in this two day
weekend workshop that will introduce students to the art of using
wool as the medium to create a wet and needle felted landscape.
Dates: Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6
Time: 9:30AM – 4:00PM
Location: West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
Contact: West Hartford Art League at http://www.westhartfordart.org/

Instructors Among Us

Sharon Costello’s Feltmaking Workshop Schedule for 2011
Black Sheep Designs, PO Box 56, Rensselaerville, NY 12147, 518-797-5191 sharon@blacksheepdesigns.com

December 4-5, 2010 – Needle felted ornament workshops
Middleburg Library (December 4 )
Contact: Teresa Pavoldi, Director
Middleburgh Library
(518)827-5142
www.middleburghlibrary.org     http://www.cafepress.com/middleburghlib
The Delaware Branch, Albany Library (December 5 )
Contact: Rebecca Lubin, Director
Delaware Branch Library
lubinr@albanypubliclibrary.org

February 9-11- Featherweight Felt and
Fool proof Felt: Ideas for Needle Felted yardage
Green Valley Weavers and Spinners
Green Valley, Arizona
Contact:Linda Germain
520-399-2690
Expressions2@cox.net

February 17-20 – Embed and Embellish: felt jewelry, Fabulous Felt Berets, Go-Felt-a-Fish, Farmyard Friends
Stitches West 2011
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
www.knittinguniverse.com

April 8 through 10 – To be determined
Raven Oak
Howell, MI
contact Lana Socia, 517-404-0794

April 14-17 Go-Felt-a-Fish, Embed and Embellish: felt jewelry, Farmyard Friends
Stitches South 2011
Renaissance Waverly Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
www.knittinguniverse.com

April 18-23 through 26 – Needle Felted Figures
John C. Campbell Folk School
Brasstown, NC
1-800-FOLK SCHool
www.folkschool.org

May 4 & 5 – Illuminating Ideas in Felt, Embed and Embellish: felt jewelry, Go-Felt-a-Fish
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
Howard County Fairgrounds, MD
www.sheepandwool.org

June 3 & 4 – Complex three Dimensional Forms in Felt
Black Sheep Designs Studio workshop
Rensselaerville, NY
Contact: Sharon Costello sharon@blacksheepdesigns.com
www.blacksheepdesigns.com

June 5 & 6 – Nature Interpreted: form, color, texture and pattern in felt
Black Sheep Designs Studio workshop
Rensselaerville, NY
Contact: Sharon Costello sharon@blacksheepdesigns.com
www.blacksheepdesigns.com

July 3 – 9 – Felted Vessels
Felt in Focus Conference
Glamsbjerg, Denmark
www.feltinfocus.com

August 5-7 – Nuno Felted Scarves
Crooked River Fiber Fling
Peninsula, Ohio
Contact: Cris Welch
jerrycriswelch@juno.com

August 20-28 – Felters’ Fling
Black Sheep Designs Bi-annual Felters’ Conference
Snow Farm, New England Craft School
Williamsburg, MA
Contact: Sharon Costello
sharon@blacksheepdesigns.com

October 1- 7 – tentative
SOAR (Spin-Off Autumn Retreat)
Radisson
Manchester, NH
www.interweave.com/events

October 13-14 – two one day workshops to be determined
New York Sheep and Wool Festival
Dutchess County Fairgrounds
Rhinebeck, NY
www.sheepandwool.com

October 20-23 – tentative
Stitches East 2011
Hartford, CT
www.knittinguniverse.com

Shirdak and rope making

At our last guild meeting which took place in NJ,  the local hostesses Piroska and Gail held a workshop on Shirdaks. Piroska filled us in on the details of  history, how to make, and some great videos.  I think the rope making machine was a favorite. 

Some of the samples she had to share with us.

 

One of the members creations partially completed – beautiful colors and contrast.

The Rope Machine

Making the rope

The Guilds next meeting is in April 2011.

Art Cards

One of the things the guild members do is create art cards to trade at the meetings. Everyone makes a felted art card and they go into a container, then everyone picks one out. They are all so beautiful.  Here are a few of the photos of the art cards that were traded at the guild meeting over the weekend.  I did not get photographs of all of them.