Stab Things Into Existence Blog (Anna's Place of Holding)
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I went to Felt Camp... Virtually!
I recently completed 10 days of Virtual Felting Camp with some amazing artists from Europe: Corinna Nitschmann, Aniko Boros, Nadia Szabó, Gabriella Kovács, and Bea Németh. The techniques I learned will assist me in ramping up my own felting journey as well as provide me with additional ways to teach YOU felting in the future. We had five projects to complete during our camp: a checked orb, pebble jewelry, an amazingly lightweight nuno scarf dyed with botanical prints (I have yet to do this particular project), a fun puppet with a working jaw, and a felted house tea cozy. Camp ended...
What is the FELTit Experience?
This is the fiber that started it all...
Heartfelt.
Heartfelt. Heart felted. Feeling heart. I don’t know about you, but these days, my heart has taken a bashing or two…hundred. The world has become so closed off, so remote, and so distant, that my heart sometimes feels like it shrunk three sizes. (My apologies to Dr. Seuss.) And that’s when I need to remind myself to refocus, redirect, and refill my heart. Often that is possible just by the simple act of needle felting a heart. I always find my spirit begins to brighten up when I’m creating hearts, particularly if I am able to use a riot of...