#106 Mariya Gerhardt--Nuno Felted Japanese Knot Bag Full day Wednesday $100

#106  Mariya Gerhardt--Nuno Felted Japanese Knot Bag   Full Day Wednesday   Bldg 8a South  $100

Skill level:  Beginner

Workshop Description: This workshop will cover how to make a nuno felted Japanese knot bag with wet felting techniques. This course is beginner friendly. The Japanese Knot Bag is a very popular style of project bag that is often used by crafters while they are on the move. It has a long strap on one side and a short strap on the other, and the long strap is slipped through the short strap to form a handle and close the bag. In the workshop students will make a knot bag using the template (resist) from merino wool, silk fabric, pieces of recycled sari silk fabric, sari silk yarn, viscose fiber and wool nepps. Students will learn how to use resist to make a volumetric object (bag) without seams. In this workshop students will learn the nuno felting technique using different types of silk. Nuno felting is the process that bonds loose fiber (usually sheep's wool) into a sheer fabric, such as silk gauze, creating a felt. "Nuno" is a Japanese word for cloth or fabric. Our focus will be on how to create a beautiful texture in nuno felting. Each student will have their own unique Japanese knot bag as a result.

Students should bring: one or two old towels, scissors, apron (or wear comfortable clothes and not afraid to get wet), wear comfortable shoes, plastic bag to take wet project home

Homework:  None

Material Fee: $25  includes extra fine merino wool roving, hand dyed piece of silk gauze rarefied fabric approx. 36” by 20”, different yarn pieces, viscose fiber, plastic gloves, thin plastic cover, handouts

Class Limit:  12