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Eco bundling and dyeing
21 Nov Exciting website news, thanks, ticket giveaway and a brief event update.
Posted at 16:30h
in Eco bundling and dyeing, Event preparation, Natural printing and dyeing
by Nicola
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It's controlled mania here preparing for next weekend's Marlay Fair, the National Crafts & Design Fair which is set up just two days after Marlay ends plus Creative Island at Showcase in January. Everything is coming along nicely thanks to a structured plan, plenty of...
03 Jul Wonderful participants and work from week 2 in Portugal!
Posted at 09:24h
in Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, felting, felting workshops, natural printing, Portugal 2014, workshops
by Nicola
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I had a wonderful time during the second week at Dominio Vale do Mondego in Portugal. Different participants plus other non felting visitors on retreat (with the exception of Naomi who took part both weeks!) gave a different dynamic and it was really interesting to...
19 Mar A serendipitous gift from the dye pot!
Posted at 14:51h
in Eco bundling and dyeing, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing
by Nicola
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The weekend before last I picked up several apron style dresses in gorgeous linen at a blowout sale in Dublin. They were all layered with a lace edged viscose under shift kind of thing, way too frilly and girly for my plain taste! Anyway, most...
16 Mar Thanks Wollknoll!
Over the past two weeks I've been living in daily anticipation of a large delivery of fibre from Wollknoll in Germany, one of my all time favourite suppliers. This order should have contained the wool and silk to finish my Gaelscoil project, the materials for...
20 Oct Exciting news – Leiko and I are organising a joint felting retreat at Clasheen!
Posted at 13:06h
in Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, Felting Retreat, nuno felt, workshops
by Nicola
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Now that wonderful Japanese felter Leiko Uchiyama has moved next door we've started planning a series of workshops to deliver together designed to compliment our individual strengths. Our first three day felting retreat will take place at Clasheen from Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th November...
10 Oct Home, natural dyeing/printing, unexpected presentation taking up my time…..
Posted at 14:35h
in America 2012, Dying, Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, workshops
by Nicola
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I'm home safely after a wonderful time in California! It was great to be back at The Tin Thimble catching up with old friends both before, during and after the three days of workshops plus put faces to the friends I've previously been in touch...
01 Oct Quick little CA update!
My carry on bag is packed and I'm just waiting for Merridee and Keith to arrive and whisk me off to their cabin at Lake Tahoe. We'll be hiking, felting, relaxing and possibly doing a little Eco printing/dyeing and kayaking too!!! On Thursday evening we'll...
14 Sep A wonderful collection of eucalyptus!
As part of my own preparation for 7 days of intensive teaching I wanted to have the materials gathered for my personal work during this time. Obviously I'll be working one to one with Rami but while he's laying out pieces and generally discovering all...
06 Sep International felting workshops, visitors to Clasheen, promoting your business through social media and another eco print experiment!
Posted at 13:01h
in America 2012, Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, Portugal 2013, workshops
by Nicola
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Gosh, I've had a busy morning on the computer so far, I'm almost not able to write quickly enough, respond to emails and upload pictures to FB and now it's lunch time, I need to eat and then I have to prepare for another felt...
23 Aug Creating my own eco prints to use for nuno felt
I had intended to blog today and share pictures of todays nuno felt scarves but the internet connection has been poor, the weather deteriorated and I didn't get them photographed so instead I'll share a couple of pics of my latest eco bundling experiment. [caption id=""...
09 Aug Marie’s wonderful bag is finished and our relaxing creative retreat is underway!
Briefly...