Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
Day 1 Felt Basics.
Aimed at students with no previous knowledge of feltmaking. Demonstrations of technique
used followed by students making samples and checking for shrinkage. How thick? How many
layers? Make prefelts. Samples.
Day 2 Texture and embellishments
Simple scarf. Students make felt decorating it with silks, threads, wools
and prefelts.
Day 3 Painting with wool and use of resists.
Create a picture using wool as your 'paint'
Demonstrate and experiment with resists in the wool, to add interest and make
pockets and flaps. Students make small item, book cover, bag, spectacle case
etc, using both of these techniques.
Day 4 and 5 Project
Using their skills gained over the last 3 days, students plan and complete
a project. This may be a piece of fabric for a garment, cushion cover, a shawl
or scarf, baby blanket, wall hanging etc.
12 - 16 January 2009 (5 days)
9.30am - 2.00pm
Jane Robson
Jane is a trained Special Education teacher and has been making felt for
the past 5 years.
Jane, along with her friend, have won prizes for felted Wearable Art garmentsin
Fashion
Fantasia 2005 in Hobart and a first in the Wearable Art category TAWFA
(The Australian Wool
Fashion Awards) Armidale NSW in 2008.
Participants are required to bring the following:
• 1 painters drop sheet
• 3 old towels
• 1 ice cream container
• 1 kitchen sponge
• 1 piece of net curtaining (try op shop)
• Wool tops (available for purchase from the tutor in 50 and 100 gram
bags)
• silks
• threads
• cotton voile
• knitting wool (not machine washable. Anything that is a natural
fibre cotton, rayon silk. Not polyester it will
not felt. Silk scarves from the op shop are fabulous).
• scissors
• thread
• pins
• creativity and enthusiasm essential!
$295.00 (GST Inc) per person
Please complete the Registration form (25KB) and forward with payment details to:
Jan
McCosh
Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
PO Box 423
Warrnambool
Victoria 3280
Fax: 03 556 33534
Email: jan.mccosh@deakin.edu.au
Phone: 03 556 33314
Short course enquiries: |
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| artsed-shortcourses@deakin.edu.au | |
| Jan McCosh 03 5563 3314 Warrnambool |
Anne Roubin 03 9244 3901 Melbourne |
