Get your hands wet and soapy!

Explore felting - the oldest way of making textiles. Learn to transform wool roving into beautiful fabric using water, soap and your hands to agitate the wool and lock the fibers together. Make flowers, juggling balls, wool-painted wall hangings and whatever your imagination might spark. Create beautiful gifts for yourself and others!

Painting with Fibers-

In a comfortable atmosphere, boundless creativity is invited as students learn the transformative qualities of wool! A brief history and background of felting and fiber craft will be offered. This allows students to see themselves in history, thus giving each student a place from which to design and develop woolen creations. Students will learn techniques and skills, while colorfully expressing who they are though an intriguing and age-old handcraft.

CREATE!!!

Creative Possibilities-

• Felted balls

• Mixing colors

• Exploring imagination

• Project/ idea development

Focus and Learn-

People who have the experience of altering a material from one state to another gain a great sense of accomplishment. As they practice, their talent increases and so does their sense of self. A lot can be done to encourage creative imagination. Through project development and design building each student learns to be the master of his or her creation, regardless of age or perceived ability. Development and growth in this handcraft modality leads to a broader sense of courage to face new challenges as they arrive in other areas of life.