Offered: To be announced
Location: Commonweal Garden
Instructor: Patricia Briceño

Learn the Nuno technique to make felt using layers of wool, silk and your own fabric scraps.

Nuno felt is a new approach to felting where open weave fabric like silk chiffon or cotton cheese cloth is combined with thin layers of wool fiber.  The two are worked together in a wet-soapy environment and given hand powered friction through rolling and throwing. Once the fibers have pass trough the fabric, heat may or may not be applied in order to speed, tighten or coarsen the felt.

You will go home with a scarf that is light-weight and warm, and will be able to create interesting pieces of fabric that you will be proud of.

All materials - wool, silk, rolling pad – are included. If you would like, you can bring a small selection of fibers that you can combine together, pieces of yarn, or fabric with an open weave that you can blow though when held to the mouth.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothes - you will be on you feet for about 6 to 7  hours.  You will be working with water, so wear old clothes – a plastic apron is optional but helpful.

Workshop Instructor: Patricia Briceño

My Name is Patricia Briceño and I’m a native of Yucatan, Mexico, I’ve been working with fibers since 1999. I discovered working with wool by a matter of necessity.  Coming from the tropics made me vulnerable to the cold weather of the north. Wool made makes me feel comfortable allowing me to enjoy the new environment.

In 2004 I met Polly Stirling who is known for her contemporary approach to the medium of handmade felt. This technique provides a way to create lightweight felt appropriate for the mild winters in California.

I was attracted to the myriads of possibilities that Nuno felt offers. The transparency, the ability to drape, the exciting textures, the possibility of layering materials and the different ways to approach garment construction. I’m just the medium that guides and works the wool to where I would like, but I know that at the end the wool itself has the last word.  I never know 100% what the result will be, but the finished piece is always gratifying.

For more informaiton about Patricia and her work visit Beesybee Fiber's Blog.

Course Fees

Class size is limited - register early!
$95 Course fee