——November 2——Birch Bark & Wool Felt Ornaments with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
Related Courses: Basketry & Textile Courses
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024 10am-4:30pm
Description: Jazmin will guide you through making her design of a woven birch bark star ornament with wool pompoms and tassels. She will also introduce you to a variety of wool felted ornaments with stitched decorations—just in time to dress your Christmas tree or winter window. All materials will be provided.
Family friendly class: Registered kids 10yrs and under who attend with their parents are welcome to participate in felting wool. 11yrs and up register as an adult.
Bring:
Small pointed tip scissors
Needle nose pliers (optional)
Workshop Fee: $85 per “adult” (11 yrs and up) includes tools and materials, $40 10yrs and under who sign up with a parent.
JAZMIN HICKS-DAHL studied birch bark weaving with Jarrod Dahl and Vladimir Yarish. She designed this star ornament 6 years ago and is excited to share how to make them in this class. She learned wool felting as a Waldorf teacher. She makes indigo dyed textiles both stitched and handwoven for Woodspirit Handcraft, a traditional craft business she runs with her woodworker husband. She spent 8 yrs teaching children in the SF Bay Area where she grew up before moving to the Northern Lands. Her background includes art & design, a love of natural materials, fine threads, folk textiles, and an obsession with indigo since her teens.
