In-person-workshops 2025 at international textile studios
June 12 – 15, 2025 at Atelier Fiberfusing, Nes aan de Amstel/NL
DIVERSITY – DISCOVERING NEW SPECIES IN FELT
Unfortunately, this workshop had to be cancelled…
WORKSHOP TOUR AUSTRALIA OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025
October 05-11, 2025 Fibres West Textile Festival, Narrogin near Perth/AU, fibreswest.com.au
SCULPTURAL FELT – WALLHANGINGS
A well-planned layout will predetermine how your felt develop. We’ll have a look at the characteristics of batts, prefelt, tops and their interaction, experiment with fibre direction and see, how the initial setting would influence final consistency and shape. Adding 3d elements to the surface, we’d take care of durable connections and a functional placement of resists, to define how the structure will unfold later.
Please bring ideas, photo(s) or sketches that can be a starting point for your creations. Together we will discuss concepts, technical details, options and find solutions for tricky situations. This way, all participants can learn from each other, understand parallels and differences of several ways of working and find more confidence in their personal dialogue between the felt and the maker. (Medium level of felting experience required.)
I’M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW:
DATES AND TOPICS FOR MORE WORKSHOPS IN AUSTRALIA IN OCT/NOV 2025 ARE NOW SET!
FOR INQUIRIES ABOUT AVAILABLE PLACES, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH THE RESP. FELTING GROUP.
October 15 – 18, 2025 with Felters in the Great Southern in Albany
Sculptural waistcoat and feathered collar
October 23– 28, 2025 at Evocative Arts (Moira Simpson) in Clare (near Adelaide) moira@evocativearts.com.au
4 days: Sculptural collar and waistcoat /// plus 2 days: Fascinating small hollow forms
November 01– 03, 2025 with Canberra Region Feltmakers in Canberra president@canfelt.org.au
Nov 01 : Sea anemones /// Nov 02/03: Sculptural collar with feathers, scales or petals
November 07– 09, 2025 Blue Mountains Feltmakers bluemountainsfelters@gmail.com
2 days: Sculptural feathered collar /// plus 1 day: Multi-chambered pods
November 23-29, 2025 at La Couech, Montbrun-Bocage/FR, feutreformationfrance.com
SCULPTURAL WALL HANGINGS – NATURE AS INSPIRATION AND TEACHER
In nature we can find a variety of beautiful forms and structures that can serve as an inspiration and starting point for felt art. In addition, we can observe interesting and efficient architectural solutions that nature has found to create stability. These basic principles of statics play an important role in the planning and creation of a 3-dimensional felt object, too!
In this workshop we will go together trough the entire process of creating a sculptural wallhanging: from the idea (or inspiration) to the finished object. The challenge will be, to find a practicable way to transform your natural model into a textile object. Step by step, you will develop your general design, choose suitable materials, plan the initial layout, position of components and shape and arrangement of resists and find technical solutions for specific details.
During an experimental phase, day 1 – 3, we will explore various possibilities of creating 3-dimensional felted forms, in order to draw your attention to the important aspects of the techniques, expand your knowledge and provide you with a pool of technical possibilties.
Day 4 you will have a day off for relaxing, collecting ideas, planning your individual project and/or continue experimenting individually. For inspiration, you may want to dive into Krystel’s wonderful textile library! Day 5-7 is dedicated to the realization of your individual projects. Based on many years of experience and skills in sculptural felting I will give advice and support with choosing suitable techniques and guide you through the felting process.
Together we will discuss how to proceed with the different steps of layout and felting process and which details need special attention. As each student would work on a personal project, the group can learn from a variety of versions and different technical aspects that might be implied.
(students should be familiar with the foundations of felting, some experience of felting with resists can be helpful)
FOR ENROLMENT, PLEASE CONTACT Krystel & Jean Francois Chavigny at Atelier La Couech