Colorful Wet Felted Flower with Wool Locks

Join us for a vibrant, beginner-friendly workshop where you’ll learn the magic of wet felting while crafting a stunning flower from scratch.
-Using wool fiber, viscose fibers, pieces of silk fabric, wool locks you’ll explore essential felting techniques
– Learn how to layer and felt different materials together for texture, strength, and visual interest
– Discover how resist work and why they are used in 3D felting, how to shape and sculpt fibers.
– Incorporate wool locks for eye-catching texture and dimension
Wet felting combines warm water, soap, and gentle agitation to transform loose fibers into a beautifully textured, unified piece of fabric. Step by step, you’ll watch your fiber take form and finish with a unique, colorful flower—perfect as an accessory for your wardrobe or a thoughtful handmade gift.
No experience needed—just your creativity and enthusiasm. Come play with color, fiber, locks and texture, and leave with a one-of-a-kind felted bloom!
Students need to bring – old towel, scissors, plastic bag to take wet towel home

Friday morning, 9 AM to 12 Noon
Workshop fee: $75
Materials fee: none
Workshop fee includes different colors of wool fiber, viscose fiber, silk fabric pieces, wool locks, resist, plastic gloves, printed handouts

Artist’s Bio: My name is Mariya Gerhardt. I am a fiber artist – felt maker and knitter.
When I discovered wet felting I was hooked by its magic when a fabric, a living image, is born from a bunch of scattered fibers of wool, silk and other fibers. For over seven years, I’ve been immersed in this art form, continuously experimenting, learning, and discovering new possibilities. I have a particular affinity for working with natural fibers and raw fleeces, often incorporating recycled materials such as silk, cotton, and viscose fabric, as well as various types of fiber. My creative journey has led me to explore the endless potential of both wet felting and nuno felting, and it has truly become a passion. Now, I share that passion by teaching wet felting and nuno felting classes at various fiber shows. There’s nothing more rewarding than inspiring others and spreading the joy of this beautiful, tactile craft.