My 2011 teaching schedule is shaping up! I hope you will be able to join me for a class either at one of the venues below, or in a private class at my studio. I'll most likely be adding more classes for the fall and early winter, so check back often!!
2011 Classes
Noodling with Nuno
• Saturday May 14, 9:30-3:30 PM at the Good Karma Farm in Belfast, Maine. In this one-day class you will
make a warm, and ethereal scarf by felting wool fibers onto a lightweight silk fabric. How often do you get the chance to be both warm and ethereal?! Go to Good Karma Farm's website for registration information. Or call
207-322-0170.
Making Faces, or "Needlefelted Noggins"
• Saturday June 4, 9:30-2:00 at the Maine Fiber Frolic at the Windsor Fairgrounds in Windsor, Maine. We will explore how to make needlefelted heads. You'll have time to try out making faces with different expressions and various ages, and how to use wool locks or other types of wool to make hair. We'll also "put our heads together" to think of how you might use these heads in other projects.
Go to the Maine Fiber Frolic's workshop page to register for the class. Or contact Michelle DeLucia at 207-935-4075 for more information.
Bangles and Baubles, Felted Jewelry
• Sunday June 5, 9:30-noon, at the Maine Fiber Frolic at the Windsor Fairgrounds in Windsor, Maine.
Have you tried felting your own jewelry or accessories? Learn some easy techniques and be on your way to creating a collection all your own! In this fast-paced class, you'll learn how to make felt jewelry from merino wool. From beads to bracelets to necklaces, you'll make them all! Go to the Maine Fiber Frolic's workshop page to register for the class. Or contact Michelle DeLucia at 207-935-4075 for more information.
Fabulous Felted Flowers
• Sunday June 5, 12:30-3:30, at the Maine Fiber Frolic at the Windsor Fairgrounds in Windsor, Maine. Using mostly wet felting techniques we will make a bouquet of colorful flowers using wool and water. Creativity is all you'll need to bring to create fantastic flowers! Go to the Maine Fiber Frolic's workshop page to register for the class. Or contact Michelle DeLucia at 207-935-4075 for more information.
Needlefelted Character Dolls
• Friday June 10 (9:30-5:00) and Saturday June 11, 9:30-4:00, at Halcyon Yarn in Bath, Maine.
Have you tried needlefelting, and are you ready to explore making a whole doll? We will spend most of day one making a head for our doll. On day two we will make a body. The class will cover how to make a doll with many expressions, whether to make a caricature or a realistic doll, how to figure out proportions, and options for clothing your doll. This will be a very full, fun and creative two-day class! Go to www.halcyonyarn.com for registration information. Or call
1-800-341-0282 or 1-207-442-7909
Fantastic Fibers! Exploring the Wonders of Feltmaking
• Tuesday through Friday, July 5th – July 8th, 9:00-3:00, at Bowdoin College Art Camp in Brunswick, Maine. Amazing projects can be made with colorful merino wool, water, and soap. Come
explore the art of feltmaking. Students will be exposed to different ways of working with
felt, including “Wet Felt”, “Laminated Felt”, and “Needlefelting”. Students will have the
opportunity to create a number of felted items such as juggling balls, snakes, beads,
bags, wall hangings, puppets, and felt sculpture (perhaps a Bowdoin Polar Bear?!).
Each day we will focus on one of these techniques. Campers will also have the
opportunity to combine the techniques they learn during the week to make a project of
their own design. For students ages 10-12. Go to the Bowdoin Summer Programs web page for registration information. Or call 1-207-725-3433
Felted Wine Totes
• Friday August 12, 9:00- 3:30 PM , at Halcyon Yarn in Bath, Maine. Make a splash even before you open the bottle! In this class you will local New England wools to make a distinctive and durable carrier for a wine bottle. In one day you will layout, felt and prepare two carriers for sewing (the felt needs to dry before sewing by machine). You'll have one for yourself and one as a special hostess gift. No prior felting experience necessary. Some basic sewing skills are needed to finish these totes.Go to www.halcyonyarn.com for registration information. Or call
1-800-341-0282 or 1-207-442-7909
Going to the Dogs
• Saturday October 22, 10:00- 4:00 PM , at Halcyon Yarn in Bath, Maine. Needlefelting is a dry felting process where you use special serrated
needles to sculpt wool into fantastic forms. In this class we will specifically focus on making dogs. We will have time to work on two figures, a seated dog, and then another dog in whatever position you choose. Go to www.halcyonyarn.com for registration information. Or call
1-800-341-0282 or 1-207-442-7909
Felted Wine Totes
• Saturday November 19, 9:00- 3:30 PM , at Halcyon Yarn in Bath, Maine. Make a splash even before you open the bottle! In this class you will local New England wools to make a distinctive and durable carrier for a wine bottle. In one day you will layout, felt and prepare two carriers for sewing (the felt needs to dry before sewing by machine). You'll have one for yourself and one as a special hostess gift. No prior felting experience necessary. Some basic sewing skills are needed to finish these totes.Go to www.halcyonyarn.com for registration information. Or call
1-800-341-0282 or 1-207-442-7909
Other Classes that I teach that may not be currently scheduled:
• It's a Wrap! This is a two day nuno felting class where students get to explore nuno felting on a large scale. The will create a one of a kind shawl or wrap using lightweight silk gauze and merino wool.
•Going to the Dogs: Needlefelting is a dry felting process where you use special serrated needles to sculpt wool into fantastic forms. In this class we will specifically focus on making dogs. We will have time to work on two figures, a seated dog, and then another dog in whatever position you choose.
• Felted Jewels and Adornments, Session 1 "Necklaces":
Have you tried felting your own jewelry or accessories? This class will be an eclectic mix of fiber fun! Learn some easy techniques and be on your way to creating a collection all your own!
• Felted Jewels and Adornments: Session 2 "Hair Ties and Beads" .
Have you tried felting your own jewelry or accessories? This class will be an eclectic mix of fiber fun! Learn some easy techniques and be on your way to creating a collection all your own!
• Trompe l'oeil, Needlefelted Fruits and Pastries.
They look yummy, but no calories!
Come learn the craft of needlefelting. In this class we'll focus on making needlefelted sculptures that will fool your eye and look like cookies, tarts, and other appetizing desserts. You will learn the basics of needlefelting and wool blending and come away with some pretty treats that won't add to your waistline! 2-3 hours.
• Introduction to Needlefelting.
We will work with a few techniques in needlefelting, making two small projects and if there is time, one sculptural needlefelting project of the student's choosing.
•Pictorial Felt- Using Color and Texture in Felting.
We’ll use needlefelting and wet felting techniques, and different wool colors and preparations to make pictures in felt. Bring your imagination and we'll have lots of fun with these techniques!
•Noodling with Nuno.
In this one-day class you will learn to make felted scarves using silk fabric and merino wool roving.
•Playing with Paj!
This is a nuno scarf class with a difference. We'll be exploring lightweight china silk as a base fabric. In a one day class, students will make a scarf. In the two day class, students will dye their fabric and play with some other types of materials that they might use as base fabrics for nuno felt, and on the second day, make a scarf.
Have you tried felting into silk gauze and enjoyed the results? Are you ready to experiment with some different fabrics, but aren't sure what will work? Then this is the class for you! In this class you will make a scarf or a panel (that could be a wall hanging or incorporated into a garment) using silk paj as a base fabric. We'll discuss fabrics that work well for nuno felting, including china silk, habotai, organza, scrim, and tissue wool, as well as dyeing base fabrics in preparation for felting. On the first day of this two-day class, you will dye silk paj and wool roving in a crockpot for samples and for your final project, and you will make felted test pieces using these other fabrics. On day two, you will use your dyed silk and wool to felt a scarf. Come and advance your felting skills, experiment with crockpot dyeing, and explore new materials and techniques!
• Felting on the Edge.
Have you explored the basics of wet felting and want to learn more techniques? Felting on the Edge will focus on nuno felting (applying wool roving to natural fabrics such as cotton and silk). Learn about design techniques such as placement of prefelts, incorporation of fabrics, wool as glue, and ways to finish edges. You will leave with your samples of these techniques and more. This is a two-day class.
• Its a Wrap!
This is a two day nuno felting class where students get to explore nuno felting on a large scale. The will create a one of a kind shawl or wrap using lightweight silk gauze and merino wool.
• Make a Felted Wine Tote.
Make a splash even before you open the bottle! In this class you will local New England wools to make a distinctive and durable carrier for a wine bottle. In one day you will layout, felt and sew two carriers, one for yourself and one as a special hostess gift. No prior felting experience necessary. Some basic sewing skills are needed to finish these totes.
• Heads Up!! or Needlefelted Noggins.
We will spend a day exploring how to make needlefelted doll heads. You'll have time to try out making heads with different expressions, and how to use wool locks or other types of wool to make hair. We'll also discuss (put our heads together?) how you might use these heads in other projects.
• Needlefelted Character Dolls.
Have you tried needlefelting, and are you ready to explore making a whole doll? We will spend most of day one making a head for our doll. On day two we will make a body. The class will cover how to make a doll with many expressions, whether to make a caricature or a realistic doll, how to figure out proportions, and options for clothing your doll. This will be a very full two-day class!
• Introduction to Needlefelting.
Come learn the magical craft of needlefelting. We will explore the wonderful possiblilites available to you as you learn to use felting needles to sculpt wool. We'll make at least two projects including one sculptural project of the student's choosing- an animal, a human face, flowers or fruits for example. This is a great class for those completely new to needlefelting, or for students who want a little more guidance in their continuing exploration of needlefelting.
Other Classes under development- look for them soon!
• Coordinated Felt- spend 4 days and come away with a felt ensemble. Co-taught with Gar DuBois.
• Felting the Gauntlet - learn to make a pair of wonderful gauntlets, make a statement, or just keep your hands warm!
• A Lap Wrap - they are fiddley, they're tricky, they're cool. Make a lovely wrap using silk laps.
Marianne DuBois
Woolwich, Maine USA
207.442.7228
info@duboisderoche.com