• A felted wool craft kit featuring a wooden tray filled with colorful felted wool balls in a rainbow of colors, alongside a wooden tool on a gray tufted bench.
  • An oval felt needlework hanging ornament depicting a couple in a park, suspended by a string from a tree branch outdoors among green leaves and brown leaves on the ground.
  • Four hand-felted mushroom-shaped items in red, blue, purple, and white with beige stems, arranged on a light wood surface with boxes in the background.
  • Hand-felted wool art depicting a group of stylized figures in front of mountains and a sun, framed in light wood.
  • A handmade felt art piece depicting a couple under a palm tree, displayed on a felt pad with wool roving and a needle loom in the background.
  • A close-up of colorful wool fibers and yarn skeins arranged on a table, with a white fabric sample in the foreground showing blue stitched lines. The background is softly blurred, suggesting a crafting or studio environment.
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{9/11-10/9} Wool Studies: A Six-Week Felting Course

{9/11-10/9} Wool Studies: A Six-Week Felting Course

$295.00 USD
$295.00 USD
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Course Details

Dates: Fridays, September 11–October 16
Time: 10:00–11:30 AM
Number of Sessions: Six
Instructors: Jennifer Samuelson and Melissa Mott
Ages: Adults 18 and older
Experience: No previous felting experience required
Course Price: $295 per participant
Location: Handcraft Revival, 1365 S 1100 E, Salt Lake City
Supplies: Foundational materials and shared tools are included

Discover how loose wool can become fabric, texture, landscapes, and meaningful works of art in this six-week exploration of wet and needle felting.

Taught by Jennifer Samuelson and Melissa Mott, Wool Studies offers a thoughtful progression through the foundations of felting. We’ll begin by getting to know wool through wet felting, then move into needle-felted pictures, dimensional texture, and simplified portraits.

Each week builds on the skills introduced during the previous session, giving participants time to experiment, develop their ideas, and become more confident working with fiber. No previous felting experience is required.

What We’ll Explore

Throughout the course, participants will learn:

  • How wool fibers behave and transform through felting
  • The differences between wet and needle felting
  • How to safely use needle-felting tools
  • Color blending and layering with wool
  • Painterly techniques for creating landscapes
  • Ways to add texture, embroidery, and dimensional details
  • How to simplify a photograph into a felted portrait
  • Finishing and mounting techniques for displaying felted artwork

Course Projects

Participants will create a collection of felted studies and finished pieces, including:

  • A small introductory wet-felted project
  • A flat needle-felted wool study
  • A layered wool landscape
  • A dimensional or embellished felted piece
  • A simplified family, individual, or pet portrait
  • Mounted work prepared for a final gallery-style sharing

Projects may vary slightly according to each participant’s interests and working pace.

Week-by-Week Course Outline

Week One: Getting to Know Wool

Explore different wool fibers and learn how moisture, soap, agitation, and pressure transform loose wool into felt. Participants will create a small introductory wet-felted project while becoming familiar with the foundational materials and techniques.

Week Two: Drawing with Wool

Learn how to safely use needle-felting tools while practicing line, shape, color blending, and layering. Participants will create a small flat piece, such as a bookmark, coaster, or wool sketch.

Week Three: Painting a Landscape

Choose a nature photograph or work of art as inspiration and begin translating it into wool. We’ll explore composition, color selection, layering, depth, and painterly effects.

Week Four: Texture and Dimension

Continue developing the wool landscape while experimenting with raised needle-felted details, embroidery stitches, felted beads, and other textural elements. The piece may also be lightly wet-felted to bring the layers together.

Week Five: Portraits in Wool

Using a family photograph, pet photograph, or another meaningful image as inspiration, begin creating a simplified felted portrait. The emphasis will be on capturing recognizable shapes, colors, posture, and personality rather than creating a highly realistic image.

Week Six: Finishing and Gallery Gathering

Complete the portrait, add finishing details, and mount the portrait and landscape pieces for display. We’ll conclude with an informal gallery-style gathering where participants can share their work and reflect on the progression of their skills.

What’s Included

Registration includes:

  • Six 90-minute course meetings
  • Instruction from Jennifer and Melissa
  • Foundational wool and felting materials
  • Materials for mounting finished work
  • Access to shared felting tools
  • Shared embroidery and embellishment materials

Participants may choose to purchase additional wool or specialty materials from the Handcraft Revival market if they would like to expand their color palette or personalize a project further.

What to Bring

Before the landscape and portrait sessions, participants will receive guidance for choosing and bringing appropriate reference photographs.

Please bring reading glasses if you use them for close work.  These are also availble for purchase in the shop.  All other foundational tools and materials will be available during the course.

Additional Notes

  • Registration is for the complete six-week course; individual drop-in sessions are not available.
  • Each meeting builds on the skills and projects introduced during previous weeks.
  • Participants may occasionally wish to continue working on their pieces at home between meetings.
  • Guests may park directly behind the Handcraft Revival building or along the street. Please do not park in neighboring parking spaces or residential parking areas along the alley.
  • Cancellations made at least one week before the course begins are eligible for store credit. Within one week of the first meeting, registration may be transferred to another participant but is nonrefundable.
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