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Fabulous Felts: Wild and Wooly

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Conference Description:

Participants will be introduced to the fibers studio and

experiment with the most basic wet felting process—

creating wet felted beads! We will also discuss how

this process can be built upon to meet the needs of

your artists.

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When you come in:

Pick up a felting kit: plastic container, towel, and Easter egg

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Hello!

We are your presenters for this workshop:

Ellen Holley and Leigh Mincks.

Who else is in the room?

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Overview of the Fibers Studio

Link to instructional video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVGT2rNEd_QlMApe2XMLowQMXSqpxFD9/view?usp=sharing

I introduce an overview of the fibers studio to my students to help provide exposure to different processes/techniques

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Mini Lesson-Wet Felted Beads

Wet felted beads can serve as a mini lesson in a TAB oriented classroom or can lead to a greater studio activity in a more teacher-directed environment.

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Mini Lesson-Wet Felted Beads

Link to instructional video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJZraX03SdZKGH7CPKNDx460_mz2t2cD/view?usp=sharing

While watching the demo write down some possibilities of how you think this might unfold in your art room on the sticky note provided.

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Pictures for Inspiration

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Drawing for a prize…

Stick around! We will do a drawing for a super special prize at the end of this session. To win you will give us your brainstorming sticky note and you will enter your name to participate in the drawing!

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