Organic Sculpting: Felting Inspired by Nature
Through creative processes outside in the natural environment, this workshop provides an experimental approach to felting organic forms through sculptural felting. Daily time spent outside observing, reflecting, collecting and sketching in nature will provide inspiration for sculptural forms made from wool using felting processes. Beginning with small introductory works and moving on to more ambitious series of sculptures, this workshop is appropriate for beginners and those with more felting experience. Topics include image development through observation and sketching from nature, armature building with wool, surface coverage, decoration, elaboration, linear work and felting around natural forms. No experience necessary.
All classes run from 9 – 4 pm each day. Classroom studio hours are open before and after hours.
Course cost: $665 Supply fee: $50
Tuition includes lunch and daily snacks and is inclusive of all applicable taxes.
CONNIE MICHELE MOREY is an artist working with sculpture, textiles, book arts and creative and critical writing. She is active in community-based practice and has exhibited and presented in Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and Portugal. In addition to practicing art, Connie also works as an art consultant and publishes creative and critical writing. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts, an M.Ed. in Art Education and in 2016 completed a PhD that merged creative writing and studio practice to look at imagination as a collaborative experience. As one of the co-founders of arc.hive, an artist-run centre focused on facilitating collaborations between artists, writers and performers, Connie is active as a curator and arts consultant, focusing on social practice, community engagement and the arts, in addition to teaching part-time at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island School of Art.
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