Needle Felt a Small Pumpkin 🎃
Instructor: Gudrun Kiel-Bullock
Saturday, October 4
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join Gudrun Kiel-Bullock for a fiber workshop on Saturday, October 4th from 10am - 3pm at Arts on Main!
Learn how to needle felt a small 3D pumpkin with an expressive face. Great opportunity to practice felting faces since there is no "right" or "wrong" pumpkin face. Materials will be provided by instructor. Large sewing needle, tweezers and reference pictures of expressive faces are helpful but optional. Bring a lunch or snack if desired.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
“Creating art has always been a main focus in my life. Professionally, I worked as a graphic designer for many years while also pursuing other creative activities. I moved to Virginia 20 years ago and spent the first 6 years as a wildlife rehabilitator raising mostly orphaned baby squirrels. In 2012 I returned to art in the form of drawing in graphite, charcoal, and colored pencils. Fiber art has always interested me and Idiscovered felting in 2015. Creating in fiber – wet and needle felting as well as tapestry weaving – is currently where my journey has taken me. I enjoy the challenge of starting with loose wool fibers and in the case of wet felting, work with soap, water, and agitation to form my vision into a picture or vessel. In needle felting I also start with loose fibers but a barbed needle is my tool and with many needle stabs I create a picture or sculpture. I find both felting and weaving meditative in its repetitiveness and I like that I am using ancient art forms to create something contemporary. But no matter what form creation takes, for me, it is always about the joy of finding that seed of inspiration and seeing it come into form. My art has been accepted in many juried shows and has won awards. I am a member of the Williamsburg Spinners and Weavers and exhibit at the Art Speaks Gallery in Mathews. I have also taught classes in felting and weaving.”