Dawn Edwards, Instructor
Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22
Saturday : 9 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM – 5 PM
Felt is believed to be the world’s oldest of the fiber arts (the earliest archaeological evidence of felt dates back to 6500 BC). Felt has definitely stood the test of time and it is fascinating…both the history and the making of it. Come and find out why. In this inspiring workshop, we will create beautiful felt vessels resembling a woodsy forest floor. Drawing inspiration from the organic shapes, textures, and colors found in the natural environment, we will explore various felting techniques, layering color, and incorporating intricate details, to create amazing textures which capture the essence of nature. We will form our 3D wet-felted vessels using a flat resist. Felting around a resist will produce a seamless, hollow shape. You will love the techniques/tips offered in this workshop and will find numerous ways of incorporating these methods in future projects, such as bags, hats, and wall-hangings. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced feltmaker, this workshop offers a welcoming and supportive environment for all skill levels.
Dawn Edwards
Dawn Edwards is a felt artist and tutor based in Plainwell, Michigan USA. She sells her work under the label ‘Felt So Right’ and teaches extensively within the USA and internationally including Australia, Denmark, Ireland, North Ireland and Chile. Her felt art has appeared in numerous exhibitions, shows, magazines and books, including Ellen Bakker’s book, Worldwide Colours of Felt, several issues of the Australian ‘FELT’
Magazine, the International Feltmakers Association ‘Felt Matters’ journal, and
the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) journal ‘Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot’.
Dawn’s felt vessel, ‘The Earth Beneath My Feet’ as well as her ‘Blue Coral’
felt hat were both chosen as juried selections for FELT: Fiber Transformed in
the magazine, ‘Fiber Art Now’, and her most recent vessel, Our House, won first
place in the Westminster Art Festival. Dawn is the co-coordinator of the
not-for-profit group, ‘Felt United’, which currently has over 7,800 members,
with the goal of uniting feltmakers from all around the world.