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Clasheen by Nicola Brown

http://www.clasheen.wordpress.com

Clasheen, the diary of a rural feltmaker. Follow Nicola through the various stages of setting up her own studio and entering the exciting world of textile design.

• Added on: May 22nd, 2008
• Country: Ireland
• Language: English

• Author: Nicola Brown
• Listed in: Fibre Mixed Media
• Tags: fabric felt felting merino nuno artlinks

Recent Posts

• Combining raw fleece with Icelandic wool and last call for winter workshops

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 18:17 in fleece, etsy, felt, workshops, wool, workshop, felting, jacobs, batts, icelandic, wet felt, wet felting

  As promised yesterday I am going to post about the rug I made on Sunday from raw fleece and Icelandic wool but before I kick things off just a quick reminder.  There is now only one adult and child place left in either the morning or the afternoon w...

• Fantastic workshop, a picture paints 1000 words …..

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 in felt, workshops, ria, felting, wet felt, wet felting, clasheen, felt workshops, felt workshop, dutch felt

  Lindsay, Ann and Alison joined me here at Clasheen for a full days workshop on Saturday.  Even without bearing in mind that everyone had only felted once before the work produced was truly amazing! A flock of sheep waiting to be felted! I am going t...

• Wild weather and today’s workshop

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 02:08 in studio, mentoring, felt, workshops, mentor, workshop, felting, wall hanging, wet felt, wallhanging, wet felting, flat felt

  I am still tidying the studio in preparation for today’s workshop, just taking a quick break (aka escaping from the clutter) to write this quick post.  Three ladies who attended one of the recent starter sessions have booked for the day to mak...

• Felt book, felt jewellery, pricing work and Clasheen Crafty Swap update …..

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 09:21 in etsy, beads, felt, workshops, felting, swaps, seed beads, felt beads, felt jewelry, felt jewellery, clasheen crafty swaps, felt necklace

  Following on from yesterday’s post about Carmen’s great new book ‘Dutch Felt’, I did an internet search this morning and discovered that it is available directly from the publishars Zijdar.  When I get a few spare hours (wh...

• Another book for felt fanatics!

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 04:39 in felt, workshops, workshop, felting, wollknoll, felt workshops, felt workshop, lyda rump, dutch felt, ria van els-dubelaar

  Yesterday was an extremely busy ‘paper’ day, a visit to my accountant followed by financial mentoring followed in turn by a session of business mentoring, little wonder that I didn’t actually get to create any felt!  On my way ba...

• Unblocked felt hat, an experiment with colour, style and texture

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:26 in design, etsy, fabric, felt, silk, wool, resist, felting, hat, wet felt, wet felting, felt hat

  I loved the two felt hats that I made recently with Icelandic wool but I really wanted to wear them myself and unfortunately my head is just too small for hats shaped on my hat block!  At the brilliant ’Pick up your Needles’ workshop o...

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Sue

A fellow fiber arts/felter friend, and wonderfully talented artist!

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