Woodland Alchemy: Nature Inspired Felt Vessels with Dawn Edwards
Course Overview
Step into a world where wool transforms into botanical wonder through the art of wet-felting. In this immersive wet-felting workshop, we will take our cues from the forest floor—where mossy rocks, seedpods, fungi, bark, and secret forest grottos intertwine in perfect harmony. Guided by the textures, colours, and forms of nature, come explore the making of vessels that feel as though they were grown rather than made.
Using a rich variety of techniques, we’ll experiment with building surface texture, layering natural hues, and incorporating botanical and sculptural elements that blur the boundary between the organic and the imagined.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced felt maker, this workshop offers a welcoming and supportive environment for all skill levels. Reserve your spot today and let your imagination soar amidst the wonders of the natural world.
Teacher Profile
Dawn Edwards is a felt artist and tutor based in Plainwell, Michigan USA. She sells her work under the label ‘Felt So Right’ and teaches extensively within the USA and internationally. Her felt art has appeared in numerous exhibitions, shows, magazines and books, including Ellen Bakker’s book, Worldwide Colours of Felt, several issues of the Australian ‘FELT’ Magazine, the International Feltmakers Association journal Felt Matters, the HGA journal Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Dawn’s award winning felt hats and vessels have been chosen as juried selections for FELT: Fiber Transformed and the Botanical issue of the magazine, ‘Fiber Art Now’, and in the 2025 Felt issue of the Surface Design journal.
Dawn’s website: http://www.feltsoright.com
Materials List
Student Materials list:
- Wool batts (113 grams/4 ounces) per person…Short Fibre Merino, Bergschaf, to name a few, in a variety of earthy colours.
- Contrasting wool colour(s) for surface embellishment of your vessel (55 grams/2 ounces).
- Embellishing fibers for the woodsy vessel. Some that I particularly like include: Cheesecloth, wool nepps, wool locks, linen fibers, silk fibers, lightweight silk fabrics, yarns, etc.
- 3 old bath size towels
- A plastic bowl or beach pail for water
- Your favorite felting soap.
- 12 standard size marbles.
- 10 buttons, color doesn’t matter, approximate size: 2.5 cm/1-1/4 inches.
- Felting Needles
- One 30-cm/12-inch balloon
- A Ballbrause or laundry water sprinkler.
- Plastic laminate floor underlayment for pattern/template (25 cm./10-inch diameter template).
- Roll of thin plastic painter’s plastic.
- Bubble wrap, small bubbles…approx. size: 60 cm/2 ft. wide x 1.2 meters/4 foot length.
- A wooden spoon for shaping the vessel.
- PVC pipe or pool noodle (I cut mine in half for a length of 60 cm./24 inches) for rolling the felt.
– Old pantyhose or a t-shirt which can be cut into strips to tie/secure your bundle for rolling.
– Simple sewing kit to include a sewing needle and thread.
– Synthetic netting fabric or polyester lace curtain to cover the felt surface to rub or blot through, approx. size 35×35 cm./14”x14”
– Marker to trace pattern
– Scissors to cut plastic and very sharp pointy scissors for cutting felt.
Workshop Terms
While our fibre art workshops are usually held in the gallery's historically significant workshop space, the workshop venue may change according to the needs and wishes of the artist tutor. Likewise, the times of the workshops may vary depending on the type of workshop and its presentation.
Timeless Textiles Gallery will, at its own discretion, where a participant is unable to attend a fibre art workshop, an exchange or credit note will be made available or a refund of the deposit or payment in accordance with the following Workshop Refund Policy.
Major commitments must be met, and in fairness to all, the policy concerning the refund is:
Cancellations 3 months prior to workshop date - refund 80% fees paid
Cancellations 2 months prior to workshop date- refund 50% fees paid.
Cancellations 1 month prior to workshop date- no refund.
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