Festive Poinsettia in Needlefelt

2
Nov

RHS Garden Rosemoor, EX38 8PH

RHS Garden Rosemoor, EX38 8PH

Address

Great Torrington, Rosemoor, Torrington

Venue

RHS Garden Rosemoor

Booking


  • Member

    £100

  • Non-member

    £115.85

  • Places

    10 total

  • Cencelled due to low number of bookings

Overview

  • Course running time

    Saturday 2 November 2024, 10.30am – 4.30pm 

  • Skill level

    General

  • Subject

    Workshop

  • Topic

    Needlefelting


Learn how to create beautiful needle-felted Poinsettias using British wool. Julie will demonstrate and teach from an artist’s perspective how to ‘paint with wool’ in a step-by-step lesson. You will learn about the equipment and the process of needle felting, about different compositions and how to build up layers using a variety of wools and materials to achieve fine details. You will be using barbed needles to produce a 16cm square piece of art ready to frame.

Inspired by nature and the local landscape, Julie’s needlefelts are created with British wool mainly from Dartmoor and Exmoor sheep and purchased from local mills. Starting out as a florist in Warwickshire and working for 10 years creating bespoke wedding flowers, Julie then attended university, graduating with a BA (hons) 1st Illustration, and became a fully qualified Secondary School Art Teacher. After 20 years teaching using a variety of media, Julie now teaches from her home on the edge of Dartmoor as well as exhibiting and producing her own artwork. Julie works in a variety of mediums including acrylics and inks, oil pastels mixed media and of course wonderful wool! 

Please bring with you:

  • Your booking reference number
  • A notebook and pencil to make notes
  • Camera (or mobile phone for photos)

All materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included.

Tutor: Julie Vickery



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