Showing posts with label eco dyeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eco dyeing. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

WHAT COULD THIS BE???







What is it? Yes siree!  It's that fabulous FELTING MAGIC with SILK HANKIES WORKSHOP!
JOIN US!
Felting Magic with Silk Hankies 
Date:      Mon, Feb 09 & Tues, Feb 10
2-day Class...MUST attend both days
Time:   9:00-2:00   1/2 hour lunch
Cost:   $190.00 PLUS materials
Surface design fun in this workshop using silk hankies, eco-prints, silk saris, pre-felts, hand-dyed yarns, hand carded wools, found items, you name it!  This 2-day class will give us time to explore several felting techniques as well as surface design elements such as dimension, texture, color, flow, and balance.  Set yourself free and join us!
520-873-7388 Susan or Sally

Friday, January 30, 2015

STUDENT WORK at SPIRITED HANDS STUDIO WORKSHOP

Our student, fellow felter, and friend, Lois, sent us a photo of her finished Nature Print Wall Blessing from our last workshop.  We had fun in this two day class.  We used some new untried plants as well as some tried and true to each make 4 pieces in 4 different dye pots...so lots of excitement at the opening to see the results.  She finished off this particular piece with a few beads, some copper wire crochet, and golden bamboo.  Great work Lois!  Can't wait to see your finishing touches on the other three pieces...and what happens when you use some Michigan plant life!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

FELTING MAGIC WITH SILK HANKIES WORKSHOP


 
Do these gorgeous supplies entice your felting urge?
HOPE SO!
Join us for a fun exploration of surface design using yummy silk hankies from Australia's Nancy Ballesteros, up-cycled saris, eco-prints, found objects, and more. We'll be creating various pre-felts to use in our design of an ode to Gaia! 

Felting Magic withSilk Hankies 
   Mon, Feb 09 & Tues, Feb 10
2-day Class...MUST attend both daysTime:   9:00-2:00   1/2 hour lunch
Cost:   $190.00 PLUS materials
 
Register your space in this class by clicking on the WORKSHOPS SIGN-UP button at   www.spiritedhandsstudio.com
For more info call Susan or Sally at 520-873-7388

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Felting Workshop Nature Prints








Nature Prints in progress!  Spirited Hands Studio is starting off 2015 with a wonderful workshop that incorporates your feltmaking with eco-dyeing...Make 4 wool samples using 4 different dye baths and a variety of plant specimens.  Choose one of your samples to transform into a lovely Nature Print Wall Blessing embellished with stitchery, sari silk cords, and upcycled beads and bits.
Nature Print Wall Blessing Workshop
2-day class    Tuesday, January 20 and Friday, January 23
9:00 - 2:00 each day
Held at Spirited Hands Studio in Tucson, Az
Cost:   $190.00  includes materials
click on "workshop sign-up" button
or
THERE IS STILL SPACE!  Don't miss out on the fun!
                                                                873-7388  Susan or Sally

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Nature Prints in Progress!


Nature Prints in progress!  Spirited Hands Studio is starting off 2015 with a wonderful workshop that incorporates your feltmaking with eco-dyeing...Make 4 wool samples using 4 different dye baths and a variety of plant specimens.  Choose one of your samples to transform into a lovely Nature Print Wall Blessing embellished with stitchery, sari silk cords, and upcycled beads and bits.
Nature Print Wall Blessing Workshop
2-day class    Monday, January 12 and Friday, January 16
9:00 - 2:00 each day
Held at Spirited Hands Studio in Tucson, Az
Cost:   $190.00  includes materials
REGISTER at www.spiritedhandsstudio.com
contact:   feltingmagic@gmail.com

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Grand Opening Eco Dye Jacket!

After 2 hours and 15 minutes of "cooking" in the pot, one day resting in the pot, and one day resting out of the pot we finally got to open our eco dye jacket bundle!  Needless to say the anticipation was at fever pitch! Hope you enjoy this video of the opening process.  We still will have a day of drying, ironing, rinsing, and more ironing before our piece is ready for a final unveiling...

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Adventures in Eco-Dyeing

Hope you enjoy one of my first attempts at a video production!  It chronicles some of our adventures in Eco Dyeing...this time a wet-felted jacket that Sally made awhile ago.  We have used 2 types of Eucalyptus leaves and bark, African Sumac leaves, Blossoming Plum leaves for the botanicals.  The mordants are vinegar, iron water, and maybe some input from the aluminum pot!  Now to wait a couple of days and see what magic happens!