Handmade Partial Felts with Lisa Klakulak

Lisa Klakulak
www.strongfelt.com

Workshop
May 24 – 27, 2012

The Versatility of Handmade Partial Felts: Patterning, Imagery, Surface Texture and Sculpting Form

An intensive four-day course celebrating the breadth of possibilities available in the felt medium when making your own partially felted sheets of fleece verses purchasing commercially available pre-felts. Participants will understand the microscopic mechanics of felt, how to blend their own colors, and the importance of thin, cross hatched layers for integral and quick felting surfaces. An initial technical study of making partial felt and applying cut shapes to a background of fleece will result in understanding the range of edge quality, shape sizes, surface dimension and color/fiber permeation achieved by the duration of agitation (amount of fulling) when using partial felts. Then make educated choices regarding the surface qualities desired and create partial felts to be cut for repetitive patterns and/or to be felt appliquéd in a mosaic style for recognizable imagery. Finally, apply these partial felts to a felt form created on a resist to understand how the density of partial felts can be assistive in sculpting a 3-D form.

Workshop fee: $400
Materials fee: $50 per student
Class size: 12 students

Student Supply List:

• Sketch book and writing utensils
• #2 pencil, thin tipped sharpie marker
• Digital camera
• Simple/graphic images (no larger than 6”x6”) to be translated into felt or draw your own images
• Half of a foam pool noodle
• 2 pieces of small bubbled bubble wrap measuring 24” x 36”
• 2 pair of knee high nylons
• A large yogurt container for holding water at your table
• A hand towel and bath towel
• A kitchen sized garbage bag
• Double-edged disposable razor
• Regular scissors
• Small sharp scissors for detailed cutting (a small rotary cutter and mat is most ideal for detailed cutting if you have them or are willing to purchase)

Biography

Lisa Klakulak is a studio artist, educator and owner of STRONGFELT in Asheville, NC. Klakulak creates wearable textiles, accessories and non-functional sculpture primarily in the felt medium. Klakulak received her BFA in Fiber at Colorado State, was a three year resident at Appalachian Center for Craft and exhibits nationally with work in Surface Design Journal, Fiber Arts and HGA Journal. Klakulak instructs workshops worldwide at venues like Penland, Arrowmont, Zijdelings, Tilburg, Netherlands and at Surface Design Association Conferences. She pursues opportunities to work with children to integrate fiber art into the visual art curriculum and to raise cultural awareness and appreciation inspired by her international work.

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