Join fibre artist Sarah Richards on this day workshop to learn how to needle felt an autumnal fox.

In this workshop you will learn the basics of needle felting. Sarah will teach you how to shape, layer, and detail with wool using special barbed needles. You will cover lots of different techniques including working with an armature, layering colour, creating realistic eyes, and how to make a bushy tail. You will have the choice of making your fox in either a sitting or standing position. By the end, you'll walk away with a charming wool figure and the skills to continue felting on your own.

Over the course of the day, you will be using a variety of fibres and tools, with Sarah providing lots of accompanying advice and step-by-step information. If you have always wanted to try needle felting, but unsure of where to start, this is the class for you.

You will leave this workshop with a charming wool figure and with the confidence and skills to continue felting on your own.

Tutor: Sarah Richards
Date & Time: Saturday 27th September, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Brush Studio, New Brewery Arts
Price: £95 (£0.00 VAT)

Please note that this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.

You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.

Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.

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Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is suitable for needle felting beginners and improvers.

What you will need:
All materials and equipment are included.

Accommodation: 
Residential option available. Find out about our accommodation, costs and how to book here.

Meet Your Tutor - Sarah Richards

Sarah is a fibre artist, designer, maker and tutor; based in the Cotswolds. She combines her love of teaching with a passion for natural fibres; and offers workshops that tap into the therapeutic and mindful benefits of creating with wool.

Sarah discovered needle felting over 15 years ago, and is still finding new things to make, and new techniques to try. Felting offers endless opportunities to sculpt, decorate and embellish; and each and every object she or her students create is unique.

Working with fibre usually throws up surprises, is sometimes challenging, but always rewarding. Inspiration comes from the natural world and particularly its colours: as wool takes dye so easily, it is the ‘paint’ on a felter’s palette. The variety offered by this medium is also very pleasing: different fibres give particular effects; with wool locks and curls bringing texture and form to both 2D and 3D pieces.

Sarah loves to combine mixed media elements into her work, sometimes repurposing vintage and recycled materials and fabrics.