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Learn how to make felt, links to Pat's Instruction Pages:
Wet Felting Information
3-D
FELTING WITH A CARDBOARD RESIST
(Baby booties used as a sample project)
CENTRAL
ASIAN MOSAIC FELT TECHNIQUE
CHART OF WOOLS FOR WET
FELTING
EXPERIMENTS WITH HAT ON A
BALL
GEORGIAN FELT CAPS
(an interesting way to make a sewn felt
hat from a flat piece of felt.)
LAMINATED FELT SCARF (a
thin, flexible felt scarf where fine wool is attached to a background
of flexible cloth)
MAKE A PATTERN
for a Pair of Boots
MAKING
A PATTERN FOR A FELT HAT (measuring a head and creating the
pattern for several types of hats.)
MAKING FLAT
SHEETS OF FELT USING BUBBLE WRAP
MAKING A PRE-FELT
GROUND (For the Crocus Sampler)
MAKING A FELT
TEST SAMPLE
METHODS
OF MAKING MOTIFS ON WET FELT
SILK PAPER NOTES;
TESTING
your fleece for its felting ability.
Needle Felting Information
Chart of Wool Types and
Felting Needle Sizes
FIBER
CHOICES FOR NEEDLE FELTING
Needle
Felt a Rose Scarf
Pictorial
Needle Felting
General Felting Information
Feltmaking
Terminology in North America
Fine
Crafts, A Short History
Preparing Wool for Felting or Spinning
Feltmaking
in North America and The International Connections- A Short Overview
Link to the Feltmaker's List FAQ page for more information on making felt .
Patricia
Spark, whose MFA is from the University of Washington, is a
practicing artist with areas including feltmaking, watercolor,
monotypes and drawing. She has exhibited her art work both nationally
and internationally. Author of the books, "Fundamentals of Feltmaking",
"Scandinavian Style Feltmaking" and "Making Faces Using Wet and Dry
Felting Methods". Ms. Spark also translated the Swedish felting book by
Gunilla Sjoberg, New Directions for Felt, for Interweave
Press. In addition, she translated the felt sculpture books
"Dimensional Felting" and "Felted Sculpture" by Danish artist Birgitte
Krag-Hansen for Fine Fiber Press. Recently, Ms. Spark wrote two
chapters for the book, "Needle Felting, Art Techniques and Projects" by
Anne Vickrey.
Ms. Spark was a university art professor for 16 years, teaching all of
the fiber art areas as well as drawing, design, and color theory.
Currently, she teaches workshops in felting and design. She has taught
internationally at the World Symposium of Traditional and Contemporary
Felt Art (Lakitelek, Hungary, 2004); the Georgian International Felting
Conference (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1999); the Finnish
International Felting Conference (Petajavesi, 1999); and the
International Felting Festival (Korro, Sweden, 1990). She has taught
several times at Convergence (the biennial conference of Handweavers
Guild of America, HGA) and at regional conferences in North America.
Ms. Spark is a former HGA and Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds
Board Member. For many years she was the editor of the North American
Felters' Network, a publication for felt enthusiasts.
Ms. Spark is currently a member of
Gallery Calapooia in Albany, Oregon and is enjoying her time
concentrating on her artwork, teaching workshops and writing articles
for various pulications.
UPCOMING CLASSES
FELTERS RENDEZVOUS 2020, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
March 7-10, 2020
I am teaching two classes at the 2020 Rendezvous:
1. Exploring Watercolor Felting, Saturday-Sunday, March 7-8, 2020
2. Marvelous Margilan-working with this Incredible Material, Monday-Tuesday, March 9-10, 2020
More information coming soon.
Web
address
http://www.sparkfiberarts.com