A Dream of Dragons
fairytale felting
Online Class
June 7th - July 12th, 2024
Dragon & felting only - June 21st - July 12th
No child but must remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.
~Robert Louis Stevenson
A Dream of Dragons is focused on visual narrative and capturing the whimsy and magic of fairytale worlds in wool. This class is suitable for those with prior handwork experience.
Week One & Two - Faeries: For those doing the full class, in the last two weeks of class you’ll hand sew a 3-6” character from natural fibres, learn how to dye wool locks for hair with a variety of natural dyes, embroider faces, make tattered wings, and create clothing using salvaged antique fabrics and wet felting.-
Week Three - Felting a scene: The first week of class will introduce basic needle felting and wet felting techniques and how to felt moss, grass, water and sky. We’ll also felt and sew a tiny boat.
Week Four - Armatures & forms: In the second week, you will learn how to make a wire armature for a 7” dragon, and how to felt a dragon form.
Week Five - Dragon: In the third week, we will finish the dragons, felting colour, scales, wings and more. We will also be making miniature books.
We will also look at narrative elements for creating a scene.
Materials are not included in the cost of the course. A full resource list for materials will be emailed out. Kits will be available to purchase from The Olive Sparrow in Toronto.
New lessons will be available every Friday, with about 3-6 hours of student time recommended each week. You can work through the modules at your own pace as you have permanent access to the class. I am available throughout the duration of the class and beyond, to answer any questions. We will meet weekly in an online Zoom to discuss progress and share work.
What’s included:
3-5 weeks of modules comprising of video tutorials & photo/text (depending on whether you are doing the full class with doll making and felting or the felting only).
Weekly Zoom meetings: Zooms are held every Sunday throughout the course. This is an excellent opportunity to share work and ask questions.
In-course support with me for the duration of the course – you can ask questions whenever you need via email or Facebook. I will also be available after the class if you are revisiting lessons and have any questions.
Access to our private class Facebook group This is a wonderful way of connecting with other students during the course, sharing photos of work, and getting/giving feedback.
Permanent access to the course content (for as long as my site is online).
40% discount on most future classes *this only applies to full classes
**The faeries I will be teaching in this class are my pattern and style and one that I have spent years developing. You may not use this class to sell from commercially. Doll making is a wonderful art form and this workshop is intended to help build skills and techniques that are versatile and can be applied in all sorts of ways in your own doll making journey.
