The Ribbon felt workshops are filling up fast!
There are still a few spots left in my workshop and we want to fill the house! alchemy initiative is offering 33% off if you bring a friend. it’s a funky renovated church in the heart of pittsfield, ma that’s loaded with creative energy!
• WEBS in Northampton Sept 20th 10am-5pm (my thursday night class is full, so we added a one day workshop) you can sign up here:
• Holyoke Creative Arts Center Sept 12th 2009 10am-5pm
Fall line-up of nuno felting classes and workshops
My fall schedule of classes and workshops is growing everyday.
I will be adding them here on a regular basis, so stop in often to see what unfolds!
2009 workshops
saturday, sept 26
• ribbon felt scarves • 10-4pm
alchemy initiative
www.AlchemyInitiative.org.com
saturday, oct 31
• ribbon felt scarves • 9-4pm
new england felting supply
www.feltsupply.com
classes
mondays, sept 14 – dec 14
• knitting • 6-8pm
holyoke creative arts center
www. holyoke cac.org
wednesdays, oct 7 – 28
• ribbon felt scarves • 6:15-8:15pm
holyoke community college
www.hcc.edu/
thursdays, oct 22 – nov 12
• ribbon felt scarves • 6-8pm
WEBS
www.yarn.com
Posted 2 years, 9 months ago at 5:32 pm. Add a comment
look what first time silk painters did in my new class
Just goes to show … we are all artists if we can just step out of the way.
My new class is running Tuesday nights at Holyoke Creative Arts Center this fall. We will be exploring all things fiber, including nuno felting, hand painted silk scarves and custom dyed yarns. I’m also teaching at WEBS in Northampton, Holyoke Community College and New England Felting Supply. My classes have been filling quickly, so I’ve added other venues. Get your spot now!
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago at 11:09 am. Add a comment
Hand-painted silk yardage anyone?
Love, love, love creating this luscious yardage! When the weather is nice, I’m outside dyeing and felting. So inspiring being out in nature with all the great colors and textures. Can’t help but take my inspiration from it. Many are like Monets on silk! I’ve been offering my silks by the yard at New England Felting Supply and to my students when I teach. This stuff is so wonderful to felt on. I use it for my base in some of my scarves. I’m going to sew up some silk ponchos or wraps with it, too!
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago at 4:10 pm. Add a comment
people just can’t get enough of this felting stuff!!
COOL HUH?!
These workshops are soooo FUN! And it seems that people just can’t get enough of them. Every time we offer a nuno ribbon felt scarf workshop at New England Felting Supply it fills right up and we end up with a waiting list. So what do we do? We schedule another class of course!
it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 and voila the finished product!
Well, there is a lot of rolling, massaging and adjusting in between there. About 4 hours worth. These scarves do take a lot of elbow grease and determination to bring to completion. An average scarf can take anywhere between 6-8 hours. Quite labor intensive, but it’s a labor of love and look at what you get!
Posted 3 years ago at 1:29 pm. Add a comment
progress on the new studio for felting and fibering
I decided last fall to move the studio to the house. That way I would save a ton of time and money by not going back and forth all the time. When I was here … I always needed something there and vise versa. Not to mention cheaper rent and besides it helps get the laundry done when the studio is next to the washing machine. Well … you know how moving can be. Some of us sail right through it and everything is set up in a day. Let’s just say I’m not one of those people. We moved the studio in late October and by December I decided I had to have that area of the basement sheet rocked to give it a more inviting feel. So, I enthusiastically jumped into that project (quite possibly to prolong the unpacking part of the process) and took progress picture as I went. Now that it’s April I am finally getting around to posting them. I’m telling myself it’s not because I’m stalling on unpacking the studio, but that might have something to do with it. If any of you artist type people out there are anything like me, you have so much stuff to make stuff with …. that it’s hard to get organized enough to make stuff. But, alas, the desire and need to “make” is becoming overwhelming and soon that studio will be ready to roll! Who knows … maybe I’ll even do a few mini-workshops here!
Yay! I’m getting there!
Posted 3 years, 1 month ago at 10:06 pm. 6 comments
I think the may 2nd ribbon felt workshop is full, but you can get on the waiting list!
More fiber please! uhmm, I’ll take some organza ribbon and a touch of that glittery stuff over there … and the multi color ladder yarn is a must have. Then mix in a few strands of hand spun natural silk … lets see, oh ya, I love that one with the sequence in it!
The possibilities are endless. We are actually creating fabric here folks! How cool is that!
sign up here :
www.feltingsupply.com
Posted 3 years, 1 month ago at 3:46 pm. Add a comment
Ribbon Felt Scarf Workshop
I’m teaching a Ribbon Felt Scarf workshop at New England Felting Supply in Easthampton,MA on February 14, 2009. It will be a really fun Valentines Day!
Sign up on line at New England Felting Supply.
Check it out!
A workshop with fiber artist Nancy Dorian at New England Felting Supply
Join us for a workshop inspired by Christine White’s Ribbon Tunic project from her book: Uniquely Felt. Using Nuno felting techniques, be prepared to be elated as you transform the layers of silk, wool roving, ribbon and novelty yarns into gorgeous flowing fabric. Bring a selection of yarns to work with and choose from an abundance of roving and hand-dyed silks to make your own wearable art.
February Sat., Feb 14, 9am-5pm: Ribbon Felt Scarves with Nancy Dorian www.nancydorian.com $69 + Materials (TBA) Beginner Friendly
Posted 3 years, 4 months ago at 3:53 pm. 2 comments
my work was displayed in preview massachusetts magazine!!
One of the most exciting thing to happen to me this year was having my work featured in Preview Massachusetts, a local magazine put out by the Valley Advocate. Every month they showcase local retail talent in the “window shopping” section and my work appeared in the October issue. The hand painted shibori dyed poncho and nuno felted string scarf are but two of the many items that emerged from the now & ZEN studio at eastworks this past year. It is in part due to the retail exposure there that has really helped my work take off. AND don’t forget to visit Snow Farm during the next 3 weekends in November to see my fiber art in person!
Posted 3 years, 6 months ago at 9:13 pm. Add a comment
now & ZEN in the news …
now & Zen rated a mention in the business “People” section of our local daily paper here in the Pioneer Valley recently. Which is kind of cool, and I was happy that they also mentioned Benji’s Boutique on Nantucket and the local galleries at which one can see (and buy) my work. 
– nancy
