Artist Rae Woolnough / Workshop: Wearable Felt
Two day workshop: Saturday 24 August and Sunday 25 August 10am-4pm each day. Registrations are open and class sizes are small so book and buy your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
About Rae Woolnough
Rae’s love of art and textiles has been a life long interest, from sewing her first garment at eight years of age to designing and making her own wedding dress, there has always been a connection with textiles and design.
She has studied photography, life drawing, painting, interior design, ceramics, graphic design and Fine Arts at University. Rae discovered felting fourteen years ago. Since then she has experimented and researched felt making, exploring new and different techniques.
She prefers working with natural products such as fine merino wool, alpaca and silk and is on a constant quest to find beautiful yarns to use as embellishments in her artworks.
“Everyone has a guilty pleasure – mine is possessing beautiful yarns. I must have them like some people must have shoes!”
Rae lives in Cooranbong in the Lake Macquarie District north of Sydney, where her art studio backs onto a natural bushland reserve. An essential part of her art making process is the planning, mostly done sitting on the studio verandah, drinking tea, and soaking up her surroundings.
Rae has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions at galleries throughout Australia. Her artworks are held in collections throughout Australia and Internationally. She has also featured in Season 4, Ep 4 of the international arts television program, Put Some Colour in Your Life.
Visit Rae’s website to see more of her work and discover a fascinating commission for felted artworks she received from P&O for their cruise ship, Iona.
Rae’s Workshop – Adorned: Wearable Felt
This workshop offers participants an opportunity to explore a dozen different felting techniques to create various items that can be utilised to adorn the wearer. Think stunning neckpieces, individual brooches, unique earrings, buttons and headwear.
Day One Explore various techniques to create the components for your ‘Adorn’ pieces. Create balls, interesting beads, geodes, cords, flowers and statement features using fibre, pre-felt and embellishments. Day Two Continue making components, then assemble your creations into finished pieces.
Suitable for all skill levels, ages 16+ Click here to find full information about all Arts Muster Workshops and book your place.
Artist Fiona Hammond / Workshop: Little Coiled Baskets
One day workshop: Saturday 24 August 10am-4pm. Registrations are open and class sizes are small so book and buy your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
About Fiona Hammond
Fiona is a textile artist based in Lake Bathurst, NSW. Fiona loves combining mediums and techniques to create her own textile, jewellery and sculptural pieces – usually with a contemporary feel. She has loved making jewellery since the early ‘80s when she made jewellery for a living. In more recent years she has found that quilting and other textile-related arts – particularly beading onto fabric – fulfil her lifelong love of fabric.
“My creative play includes vibrant colour, texture, plus a dash of humour, mystery, and fun! Teaching my workshops brings me great joy.”
Since 2013 coiled basketry techniques have featured more and more in her creative output, including jewellery, vessels, wall pieces and sculptural forms. She works mainly with colourful tapestry wool due to the wide range of colour options it affords, but she sometimes works with more traditional basketry materials such as raffia.
Fiona’s quilts, beadwork and textile art creations have appeared in several Australian magazines. Her work has also been seen in exhibitions and has won numerous awards and prizes.
See Fiona’s wide ranging work on Instagram
Fiona’s Workshop Little Coiled Baskets
Discover the joys of coiled basketry techniques which can be used to make baskets, platters and pots, and also jewellery and sculptural forms. Through creating small items during the workshop, participants gain skills which can be applied to creating a wide variety of objects.
The use of colourful yarns, especially tapestry wool, offers wonderful opportunities for participants to play with colour while trying two main coiling techniques, and explore different design approaches.
This workshop is a great way to begin your coiling journey – covering all you need to know to get started! It is for all skill levels, though a bit of experience using a needle and thread is an advantage.
Suitable for all skill levels, ages 16+ Click here to find full information about all Arts Muster Workshops and book your place.
