I returned on Sunday evening from the felting workshop, filled with exciting new techniques and lots of inspiration, eager to try out and experiment. I met seven wonderful fellow-felters and, of course, Lisa herself in all her energetic liveliness. She is such a professional, it is unbelievable!!! To see her unique (and I mean most unique) work “live” was just amazing.
She asked to not post any pictures of her or the participants, but I can show you what I worked on, although her teachings are less about how to produce and reproduce one item, but rather how to get to what you want to make. Very technique-driven, a lot of algebra, the perfectionism of which really appealed to me. I love working small and precise. My son rightly compared my experience to the old parable of learning how to fish rather than being given the fish. This is how I feel – the empowered felter…
We did some color grading by blending/carding it in different percentages,
laid out wool to prepare partial felts in different weights,
three different weights here,
four different weights here,
an example of the kind of math that is required to reach your goal,
based on her little bell pendants
I color-blended and laid out wool at 0.4 grams per square inch,
and arrived here together with the others (mine is the one in the middle),
another preparation using the partial felts from the beginning and 0.2 grams of wool per square inch,
which turned into this little pendant (like I said, all experiments…),
here we used the heavier of the partial felts to experience the effect,
and all of this in a beautiful spot on the coast…
it was perfectly magical!
P.S. Check out Lisa’s Strongfelt page to find a workshop – if you are interested in some serious felting, it is really worth it.
