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Myrtle learns wet felting

The other day I taught Myrtle and a gang of her pals how to wet felt. She was great!!

She made an abstract piece of wool fabric.  We might turn it into a little purse or eyeglasses case, or a little coaster for her drink. 

Nuno Felting at the Pontiac School of the Arts

Today I taught 6 lovely women how to nuno felt.  We were at the Stone School Gallery in Portage du Fort Quebec.  Lovely renovated stone building!  We used silk chiffon scarves that I dyed beforehand.  Check out the link below for more information about the School...they have wonderful workshops throughout the summer and it's a lovely drive up there.

http://www.artpontiac.com/artschool-2015/

Rosario took lots of pictures for me and I'll try to keep them in some sort of order!

Introducing the moose club!

Man oh man, we had a good time!  These Moose turned out beautifully!!  The Galop Gallery Gals did it again!!

Needle Felt a Moose! THIS WEEK!!

Needle Felt a Moose!
Friday 6-9pm at the Galop Gallery in Cardinal

It'll cost $45...supplies are included. I will show you how to make a wire armature and needle felt the wool fibre in to a moose. You will walk away with a finished mounted moose head trophy! The hardest thing about this workshop is figuring out what to name him/her.

Needle Felt a Moose!

Join me at the Kitchissippi United Church in Ottawa ON on Saturday May 23 and learn the amazing art of Needle Felting!
We will make a moose head trophy and mount him (or her) on a wooden plaque in 3 hours.
Cost is $45 for everything.  I provide the fibre, needles, foam to needle felt on, the wire for an armature and the wooden slice of tree that came from my backyard.

Class is from 2-5pm
The church is located at:

630 Island Park Dr
Ottawa, ON

Home again

We decided to go through Algonquin Park on our way home from Sudbury.  I am SO glad we did!!

We saw this moose!

She was making her way towards us....picking her way along...she was beautiful. 

Inspired Hands Day 2

One day to go!  Come down to the Radisson in Sudbury tomorrow, for the last day of Inspired Hands....it's a great show, full of fabulous artisans!!

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Inspired Hands

Check out the facebook page with all the information you need to come see me at the Radisson in Sudbury!
I'm bringing my mom with me.....neither of us have ever been to Sudbury and we're both really looking forward to it. I'll be posting pictures of our journey!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspired-Hands-Artisan-Association/1430160967221863?pnref=story

Needle felting owls with Myrtle

Myrtle and I made owls today.  The room where we sit faces the St. Lawrence river. It was a stunning spring day and you could almost SEE the leaves budding out in the sunshine. We had a lovely time....it was so peaceful and we made 5 owls.

Wet felting at Broadview Public school

I taught 2 classes of grade ones yesterday as part of the MASC program which brings artists into school in the Ottawa region.

I just LOVE watching as the kids work away at their piles of "fluff" and, in the end, create little pieces of wool fabric!  

This was Ms PyyKonen's class in the morning

And this is Mme McKay's class in the afternoon.....Well done guys!!