Felted art bag and shawl by Svetlana Fomina
Price for the online vesion: 60€
Svetlana Fomina has an amazing biography: she graduated from the famous architecture school (Moscow Architectural Institute) and worked as a professional artist and art teacher. Ten years ago she developed a passion for fiber art. She designs and produces unique accessories in her studio in Moscow and teaches a lot. Svetlana enjoys developing new ideas and novel approaches to materials and technique. Svetlana's favorite method is "painting with wool". She creats beautiful, almost photo quality images using different fibers.
Svetlana Fomina has an amazing biography: she graduated from the famous architecture school (Moscow Architectural Institute) and worked as a professional artist and art teacher. Ten years ago she developed a passion for fiber art. She designs and produces unique accessories in her studio in Moscow and teaches a lot. Svetlana enjoys developing new ideas and novel approaches to materials and technique. Svetlana's favorite method is "painting with wool". She creats beautiful, almost photo quality images using different fibers.
Svetlana will share all her techniques with you. She will show how to make a bag and a stole step by step and how to use you own images. This tutorial will be useful for beginners and for advanced feltmakers as well, you also do not need any special drawing skills.
The videotutorial consists of 10 parts
Let's make an overview of all materials you need for the bag. First, carded wool, the best fineness is 29-32 micron, 130-160 gramm (4,4-5,6 oz) depending on the size of the bag.
Then, some wool top (fineness 18-19 micron), it will come to the inner part of the bag, 40-50 gramm (1,4-1,7 oz). An assortement of decorative fibers (viscose, rayon, tencel or bamboo).
You will need usial felting and sewing utencils. Svetlana recommends to use an electric sander, but you may also work without it.
Then, some wool top (fineness 18-19 micron), it will come to the inner part of the bag, 40-50 gramm (1,4-1,7 oz). An assortement of decorative fibers (viscose, rayon, tencel or bamboo).
You will need usial felting and sewing utencils. Svetlana recommends to use an electric sander, but you may also work without it.
You need nice piece of silk chiffon, merino tops (finesness not more than 19 micron) and decorative fibers (viscose, tencel or bamboo) in different colors. The amount depends on your design, but prepare at least 50 gramm (two ounces) of wool and fibers.
About the author of the tutorial
Svetlana Fomina
Svetlana Fomina was born in Irkutsk, Siberia. She has an amazing biography: Svetlana graduated from the famous architecture school (Moscow Architectural Institute) and worked as a professional artist and art teacher. Ten years ago, she developed a passion for fiber art. She designs and produces unique accessories in her studio in Moscow and teaches a lot.
Svetlana enjoys developing new ideas and novel approaches to materials and techniques. Her favorite method is "painting with wool". She makes wall hangings, shawls, bags, etc. Her strong point is creating beautiful, almost photo quality images using different fibers. Svetlana loves felting, it is an amazing technique which allows her to realize all her artistic ideas. Svetlana uses different methods like "felted gobelin", "art felting with stencil" and "water-color with fibers".
What's important for her methods? First, it is a realistic image with lights and shadows. Second, nicely balanced composition and color harmony. Third, patience and an assortment of fibers. Svetlana's working process is very similar to painting.
She needs to keep the image beautiful during felting and fulling. It is not so easy as one can think: if too much fluff from the wool will come to the surface or the shrinkage is too strong, the "photo quality" will be lost. That's why Svetlana uses a combination of special felting and fulling techniques. She generously shares all her secrets with her online and offline students.
She needs to keep the image beautiful during felting and fulling. It is not so easy as one can think: if too much fluff from the wool will come to the surface or the shrinkage is too strong, the "photo quality" will be lost. That's why Svetlana uses a combination of special felting and fulling techniques. She generously shares all her secrets with her online and offline students.
How do I order?
After the payment the download link will be sent to your e-mail in 24 hours.
This master-class is
This master-class is
- Multi-camera video
- Quality: HD video
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Includes 17-pages handout with schemes and explanations in English.
