Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts with host a Fiber Art Workshop with artist Kami Watson on Saturday, November 6 from 11am-3:30pm at the art center’s Southall-Moore House. Participants will learn the wet felting technique known as Nuno (wet felting wool fiber and silk fabrics together) to create a loose fitting cowl.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ms. Watson is a second-generation fiber artist. She explores the traditional art of wet felting (the fusing of raw fibers into a textile form with soap, water and agitation) as well as the contemporary techniques of Nuno (fabric) and laminate (multi fabric layer) felting.
“A nomadic past with a focus on environmental conservation and humanitarian services has exposed me to global influences in design and culture, eclectic natural and man-made environmental aesthetics, and has fostered my desire to create functional and visual art with an ecological sensitivity. I combine renewable natural fiber resources, salvaged and reclaimed fabrics, and my own hand dyed fabrics and fibers to organically create each of my works of art. I allow the materials I use, and influences and experiences in my life, past and present, to guide me instinctively in color and design. Deliberately abstract, but not random, my play of color and pattern placement are meant to evoke emotion.” -Kami Watson
WORKSHOP FEES
$80 Fee include instruction and all felting materials. Participants are asked to bring 3 old towels for their work surface.
Learn about the wet felting technique known as Nuno and create your own loose fitting cowl. This wool felting workshop will be led by fiber artist Kami Watson on Saturday, November 6 from 11am-3:30pm at Kennedy-Douglass Art Center Southall-Moore House. Fee will include instruction and all felting materials. Participants are asked to bring 3 old towels for their work surface.