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Felt Handbag Workshop

This is a hands-on class led by Gail Maraman of Windy Crest Farms.

Join us for a full day workshop with local felt artist, Gail Maraman! Learn how to make a three dimensional, hollow, seamless felt handbag using a resist form, combined with the nuno felting technique (wet felting).

We will use this technique to make a unique felt handbag with a customized shape and size (approximately 10” x 10”), including constructing a handle and adding an optional lining.

Your bag will be designed in your own choice of colors and pattern, so it will be completely unique to you! This full day workshop will take place from 9-12 PM, with a 1 hour break for lunch (you can pack your own, visit the Garden Cafe, or step out for a bite nearby), and then resume your day at 1, completing your workshop at 4 PM.

All supplies and refreshments will be provided.

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Instructor: Gail Maraman Felt is a creative and versatile medium made from the natural resource, wool. I care for a small flock of sheep in Granville, Ohio. The sheep grow a variety of colored, as well as white wool, all of which I use to make felt. While tending the sheep, I observe nature’s many colors, textures, and dimensions. I am inspired to transform these observations into works of art, via felt. Whether whimsical or practical in design, the felt that I create is derived from nature. I employ a simple, hands-on approach to every step of the process for making felt: The creative opportunities that felt has to offer are infinite in number. I am constantly challenged to explore the world of felt.