Springtime with felting and more felt workshops in the Glasgow area

Just love to felt Green men. So, this is number three, and they are all three very different. 

Green man, dry and wet felted

 Or a cute toddler bluebell hat and baby booties?  They are wet felted and it's much fun to see the outcome when you make these kids things.

Bluebell hat for a toddler

Cut baby booties

A wee gnome for a friends home.

Wee needle felted gnome, about 15 cm small

More felt workshops in Glasgow's Westend (Wednesdays 4.00-5.30pm), in GalGael in Ibrox (Thursdays 3.30-5pm)  and in Bishopbriggs (Wednesdays, 10-11.30am) All these workshops are running every fortnight. Please get in touch., to find out when they are on. Email:  laryna108@gmail.com or 07503210416.

Needle felted butterfly in process

Ivy fairy

Earthy stuff, dry and wet felted

Green man number 2 with black backround





Green man number 2 with white backround

    Another Green man has been created. Oh, it is soooo much fun to sculpture faces. But,....it's not soooo very easy. You get practise with every face you sculpture. 



The dwarf family has now 4 members!

 

Some projects from June: Felted "Green Man" and flower brooches



Creating the face of a "Green Man" was a very special challenge for me. I started needle felting the face, sculpturing the different parts like forehead, chin, mouth, nose and cheeks and at least the eyes. Wow, I was surprised how he looked like, quite alive. As an art therapist I was used to sculpture with clay and this skill helps me to sculpture with wool and felt needle.. 
This green man face was now sitting there and I wasn't sure how to move on with the leaves. Eventually I made a wet felted flat felted piece with different green shades. Wow it was exactly the size of felt I needed for the leaves which I attached to the face by needle felting. I embellished the leaves with green and brown shades of wool and here it is now! 

Blue turquoise wet felted flower brooch

This month I facilitated 2 workshops for an international women's group in Glasgow. The women felted jewellery, like brooches, earrings and necklaces. They enjoyed the creative work, using their hands and shaping colourful wool into beautiful jewellery.  These brooches were made by me as samples and to inspire the women.
Are you interested to learn about wet and needle felting, and you are living in or near Glasgow/UK, please let me know I am happy to share my skills and offer workshops for adults and for parents and children. Just leave a comment or send an email.

Wet felted flower brooch

2 brooches created out of a flat felted piece