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Felt Fest!
Tue, Jul 09
|Eastport
Try one of try them all—we've planned 3 days of wool felting workshops, two-dimensional and three-dimensional, with fiber artist Audra Christie!
Time & Location
Jul 09, 2024, 9:00 AM – Jul 11, 2024, 4:00 PM
Eastport, 36 Washington St, Eastport, ME 04631, USA
Guests
About the event
Our first-ever Felt Fest is designed for artists at all levels to enjoy working with wool. Students are invited to sign up for all 5 classes, or to choose among the offerings. Please watch for more details, and RSVP to be notified when registration opens for these events.
Offerings will be as follows:
Day 1—Two-dimensional Felting skills (both projects go together, or just pick one or the other half)
Ages 10 and up, age 8-10 may participate with an adult helper
9 am-11 am, sheet felting (wet felting)
1 pm-4 pm, landscape / pictorial needle felting (create your image on a sheet felted during the morning class, or use linen fabric as a base)
Day 2—Three-dimensional Felting skills.
9 am-1 pm, sculptural wet felting ('the splash')
Ages 16 and up (ambitious workers age 12 & up may email to inquire)
3 pm-5 pm, needle-felted critters
Ages 10 and up, age 8-10 may participate with an adult helper
Day 3
9 am-4 pm (with hour-long lunch break), wet-felted tote
Ages 18 and up (ambitious workers age 15 & up may email to inquire)
Audra Christie is a Maine-based artist working with installation, printmaking and socially engaged art. EAC has been fortunate to host Audra for several past workshops, including wet-felted vessels, felted beads and buttons, and landscape felting.