Felt Workshop Archives - Jane Mercer Felt Artist

How exciting to be taking part in my first virtual exhibition

I like to take part in an exhibition, but this is the first time I take part in a virtual exhibition. ReConnect opens today and I am exhibiting two pieces. The exhibition is organised by the International Feltmakers Association, of which I am a member. The exhibition coincides with the AGM of the organisation it was to have been held in France, but along with so many things has become virtual. I am inspired by the title ReConect. It is so very appropriate to so many of us, who have spent much of the last year isolated from friends and family. Isolation wasn't easy but reconnecting is also going to require relearning old ways and will take time and patience. Sculpture My sculpture piece uses Bluefaced Leicester, Masham, Welsh, Grey Shetland and Swaledale wools, all with such beautiful natural colours. I made 15 different elements to represent different people, isolated in small…

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28/03/2021

Felt Workshop / Teaching / Wet felting

Teaching

Discussing felting with some of my local friends recently I was asked " Don't you know enough about felting to teach it yet ?' Well I thought maybe I did so we organised a date for a small workshop, with two participants. I then had to think about what I was going to teach. I decided on making a small vessel around a balloon . I choose this because it really shows the power of felt as a structural medium, it allows lots of artistic expression and it's a bit of fun. As the building work was about to start at my house the workshop was held at one of the participants houses. So here is the one of the vessels being laid out . And the start of some very vibrant decoration. It was such a lovely day , so we moved to the beautiful garden and used lots of water…

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24/07/2016

Felt Workshop / IFA / Wet felting

Both sides now

It has been a good week of experimental felting at Skeeby Mill, guided by Jeanette Appleton and organized wonderfully by the IFA's region 10. In these circumstances there are lots of opportunities to try lots of ideas in one piece. I decided to try and make a two-sided piece. Here it is suspended temporarily in my conservatory. The both side-ness works as does the suspension and I am pleased with the effect of the old scarf I have incorporated. But I think maybe it's just all too much . Some lovely parts .But the whole thing , I am just not sure. Perhaps it needs some calming stitches. I am going to look at it over the next few weeks / months and decide. That in fact was my major learning in the whole workshop . Slow down !!!

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10/04/2016

British wool fibres / Felt Workshop / Wet felting

A Radical Decision

Back in June at a workshop with Jeanette Appleton I made a reasonably large piece of felt inspired by lichen covered rocks. Ever since then I have looked at this piece , thinking what an earth should I do now with you ???? I eventually decided that something about it did not really work and maybe I should just use parts of it! Eventually I made a mask out of brown paper thinking maybe make it into a three part piece. I liked the effect even though it was not choosing my favorite parts with this simple mask. So I thought how about choose three parts , and make them into a large felt piece. The more I thought about this the more I liked it . So a made the radical decision to cut my favorite parts out of this large felt piece and reconstruct it. I faffed around…

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18/10/2015