Textile Artists at a Felt Symposium in IsraelNews Page

This is the first issue of the Felt Better Newsletter to keep you up to date with what is happening in the Felt Better world. Hopefully this will be a 6 monthly edition and will report on all the up and coming events and also some of the workshops, talks and felting adventures I’ve been on.

In April 2007 I was asked to give a lecture on Felt to a group of Textile Artists at a Felt Symposium in Israel. I also had the opportunity of running some workshops there which were great fun. I met some very gifted felt and textile artists and I was given wonderful hospitality. I hope they ask me back.

 

Felt Better tent has been pitched at the Cornbury Music FestivalCornbury Music Festival 7th and 8th July 2007

This is the third year that the Felt Better tent has been pitched at the Cornbury Music Festival. Despite a very gloomy weather forecast we turned up on the Friday evening, setting up our tent and we were ready for customers first thing on Saturday morning. The sun had come out to see us and soon gaily coloured pieces of felt were hanging up on the clothes line drying in the delightful weather. Everybody had a lovely time and the weekend was full of happy felters.

 

 


Rose Hill School felt projectRose Hill Primary School, Oxford - Artist in residence project

I have just finished a week long residency at Rose Hill School which was sponsored by Kids@art who place artists in schools around Oxfordshire, to work with all the children in the school and produce an art project for permanent display. We decided on three wall hangings, the land, the sea and the sky. The children produced some wonderful work and I had a very rewarding time working with them. The enthusiasm generated was gratifying.

Rose Hill School felt project Rose Hill School felt project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SJ Berwin’s Family Fun DayFamily Fun Day at JS Berwin July 2007 - Organised by Nellie Shepherd Events

After being contacted by Nellie Shepherd to be a part of her Art Academy at one of her famous Party Events I found myself on a very rainy night setting up my equipment in the fabulous offices of SJ Berwin on Southwark Bridge in the City of London. And what an event it was. Nellie had pulled out all the stops with amazing balloon arches, beautiful girls in carnival costumes, a mini ice rink, trapeze equipment and glitter and streamers everywhere. I and my assistant Sophie had a lovely time showing the Partners and their children and friends how to make felt. A really wonderful day and it didn’t rain!

 

 

Up and Coming Events

 

  • I am at Oxford Summer School this August running a Creature Workshop www.oxfordsummerschool.com
  • This autumn, as usual, I will be looking after the International Feltmakers Stand at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, London on October 11th to 14th 2007 and I hope that I will get to meet some of you there. I and my team from the London Group of Feltmakers will be there to demonstrate and talk felt to anyone who wants to listen
  • In November 2007 I will be running felt workshops for beginners and improvers in Bicester and Oxford for Oxford Adult Learning www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/adultlearning

    Check on their website for dates and venues, and on December 1st 2007 I will be giving a Christmas Jewellery workshop at the Woodstock Museum www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/the_oxfordshire_museum
  • And finally my book Making Felted Friends will be published by Storey Books www.storey.com in the US in October 2007 and by Search Press www.searchpress.com here in the UK and in Australia on November 1st 2007. I hope that you will get a chance to have a look at it. It is available on Amazon for pre-order now.