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With the special placement and blending of materials
such as wool tops,
a felted piece of fabric is created that is soft
but sturdy. This can then be embellished further with
hand/machine embroidery and turned into an amazing
array of items such as bags, elegant stoles, vests,
and fabric sculptures.
In our Introduction to Felting class taught by
Pamela Farmer,
students learn the basics of felting and produce vibrant items:
Felted pieces created on other occasions:
In our Mixed Media: Landscape or Seascape workshop,
textile artist Marilyn Townsend shows
students how to create scenery, as shown below,
using a variety of media and techniques such as painting and freehand machine embroidery:
Using colour and technique, students in our
Painting in Stitches class learn from
Pamela Farmer how to
work their sewing machines like Picasso's paintbrush:
A Tome is an impressive book and this series of Tome patterns created
by Patti Medaris Culea takes you on a tour of techniques and materials
to create the beautiful pages in this stunning textile artbook.
The following stunning necklaces were produced by
students in one of our Wild Wire Necklaces
classes conducted by Carole Redlich. Intricate pieces
of jewellery were created from found objects such as
stones and shells, and further embellished with
sparkling beads, wire and glass.
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