Events


Fri, Feb 23
|The Dalles Art Center
Fiber Fridays: Poking Wool - An Introduction to Needle Felting with Nancy Skakel
Kick off our Fiber Friday workshop series with this Intro to Needle Felting class. Instructor Nancy Skakel will help you create a small figure entirely out of wool using very simple tools and easy techniques.
Time & Location
Feb 23, 2024, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Dalles Art Center, 220 E 4th St #2206, The Dalles, OR 97058, USA
Guests
About The Event
This 6-part workshop series explores different felting techniques with instructor Nancy Skakel. Sign up for one class, hand pick several that appeal to you, or enroll in the full series!
Soft Heart Creations' Nancy Skakel has been working with wool for many years; spinning, weaving, knitting and raising wool animals from sheep to rabbits to alpacas. After discovering felting 20 years ago, it became Nancy's passion. Beginning with needle felting, she soon branched into wet felting, nuno felting, and ecoprinting; winning awards and having displays in multiple galleries. She has had the privilege to both teach locally and take classes and workshops with several world renowned felters such as Patricia Spark, Katia Mokeyev, Fiona Duthie Flora Carlisle-Kovac,
and Nicola Brown. Nancy has mastered many techniques and methods for bringing her creations to life. Join her to discover the marvelous capacity of wool to take form with silk, linen, and so…
Tickets
Poking Felt
An Introduction to Needle Felting This ticket includes entry to the Poking Felt class on Feb 23, 2024
$50.00+$1.25 ticket service feeSale endedWet & Wooly
Introduction to Wet Felting a Scarf This ticket includes entry to the Wet & Wooly class on March 1, 2024.
$50.00+$1.25 ticket service feeSale endedA Bowl of Cherries
Using a Resist in Wet Felting This ticket includes entry to "A Bowl of Cherries" on March 8, 2024.
$50.00+$1.25 ticket service feeSale endedPicture This
Needle Felt a Landscape This ticket includes entry to the "Picture This" class on March 15, 2024.
$55.00+$1.38 ticket service feeSale endedIn the Bag
Developing Form with a Resist in Wet Felting This ticket includes entry to the "In the Bag" class on March 22, 2024.
$60.00+$1.50 ticket service feeSale endedBeads & Bangles
Felt Jewelry This ticket includes entry to the "Beads & Bangles" class on March 29, 2024.
$60.00+$1.50 ticket service feeSale endedFiber Fridays 6 Part Series
This ticket includes entry to all 6 Fiber Friday classes, running from February 23 to March 29, 2024.
$275.00+$6.88 ticket service feeSale ended
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