$900 general / $870 members / plus material fees paid directly to instructor (min 5, max 10)

Jorie Johnson | Saturday, Sunday, & Monday, August 5-7, 2023 | 9:30 am – 4:00 pm | WSNF’s Slow Fiber Studio Annex, Berkeley, CA

This is an opportunity to experience the variety of approaches to experimental felt surface-design expression. Shibori resist-dyeing techniques, paste-resist applications, direct drawing with sumi ink, pigments, and persimmon tannin on felt. Consider bringing inlay materials like washi paper, ramie, silk or gauze, silk hankies, skeletal leaves, woolen scraps, and other auxiliary materials. Try new approaches while working with the wool base and felt making strategies. Suggested base is wool prefelts or wool batts, with extra variety of wools in natural, vegetable, or acid color. Bring brushes, paints, mixing jars and your sketches and ideas. Participants are encouraged to incorporate unexpected materials with wool in 2-D or 3-D works. Through PowerPoint presentation and peer-group consultation, participants will compose a strategy for sampling of enhanced self-expression in the medium.