Thursday 30 November 2017

Laurence Musings

Laurence preens himself in the knowledge that his keepers have hosted another fantastic workshop in the closing days of October.....SHOES AND BAGS


Months of prior planning culminated in NATALYA BRASHOVETSKA bringing to the Bunbury Felters a comprehensive and bespoke shoe and bag workshop at Stirling Street Art Centre in Bunbury.
Our group was the final of her Australian workshops, after several in the Eastern State and the Great Southern Workshops.

Natalya had honed her shoe making skills to precision. Her confidence and obvious expertise were plainly evident. The group worked with unfamiliar wool and new techniques, and after 3 long, intense but rewarding days produced shoes that looked like they might have been bought in a shop. The last details were to be attended to at home. 

She gave as much information as she could to enable the participants to make a veritable wardrobe of personalised shoes, if we chose to do so.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO NATALYA FOR HER PERSISTENCE AND PATIENCE
Colleen with her guest Natalya

Sorting out Bergschaff batts

Day 1: Planning and templates

Hard work! Jen gives Jean a massage


Christine applying pressure

Jean gets her hands wet





Jane using her muscles to get those shoes felted
 
Kayleen, Lee & Jen stitching shoe tops


Jen

Natalie & Natalya pictures of concentration
........Trying to get it just right 


Lee working hard at felting those shoes!




Jane sanding her bag
Natalya demonstrates gathering up a bag 
Natalya explains



At the end of 3 days of work...Natalya proudly shows her students' achievements