FELTMAKING CLASSES AT HF WORKSHOP

At this time, I offer 1 feltmaking class: an introductory course that covers all the basics of feltmaking.  The classes I offer  are private lessons taught at my feltmaking studio in the Dogpatch area in San Francisco. Class costs cover materials and private one-on-one instruction.  Private lessons work better for us both, allowing for flexibility in scheduling and for the considerable personal attention given to each student to ensure a successful experience.  For more information or to schedule a class, contact harlequinfelt@gmail.com

Now scheduling classes late April-August.  Contact harlequinfelt@gmail.com to sign up or visit http://www.harlequinfeltworks.com/hfw_contact.html to join classes e-newsletter for updates on feltmaking classes in the Bay Area.

Class 1:   BASIC FELTMAKING     4 hours    $200

A Soup to Nuts of Beginning Felt Skills. Learn the basics of felting with wool: wet felting (all-wool), nuno techniques (felting with fabric) as well as needle felting.  Learn about set-up, tools, materials, and fundamental techniques. Experience felting by hand, rolling by hand and felting on a rolling machine. Cost includes materials.

(Can be split into Basic Wet felting (2 hours $100) and Basic Nuno Felting (2 hours $100), though I strongly recommend taking them in one class, as they are intricately related)

About the instructor:  

Jenne Giles is an expert felt maker who, since 2005, has worked exclusively with wool.  She is the author of Felt Fashion: Couture Projects from Garments to Accessories (Quarry, 2010).  Previous to this Jenne trained as a architectural metal fabricator, a demanding field that requires absolute attention to detail, exacting standards and precise specifications, thereby allowing her access into the world of high end metal fabrication on many prestigious properties in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She later adapted her training in metal fabrication to apparel design and pattern-making during her studies at Apparel Arts (San Francisco).  Jenne earned a degree in Art & Art History from Rice University (Houston, TX) and has extensive experience as a visual artist, including time as a painter and sculptor for various projects in the Bay Area, Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada.  Her art work has been featured in numerous publications including Ornament Magazine and the Leonardo Journal (MIT Press), and her felt fashions, sold under the label Harlequin Feltworks, are popular at many fine shops, including the Artful Home, the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

All of this experience is blended together to bring a holistic, open-minded perspective to working with the ancient and multi-form medium of wool and felt-making.

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