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20 Sep FeltUnited @ Clasheen invitation and pictures of new felt wraps

Posted at 09:29h in Felt, felt wrap, FeltUnite, FeltUnited, natural printing, Uncategorized by Nicola 2 Comments

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I'd like to extend an invitation to everyone within striking distance of Clasheen, please come along on the afternoon of Saturday 4th October and help celebrate FeltUnited Day 2014 in style. My plan is for us to felt a collaborative wall hanging, swap tips and...

13 Aug Having fun felting, printing, visiting exhibitions and catching up with Merridee and Keith!

Posted at 17:32h in Felt, FORM, natural printing by Nicola 0 Comments

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I'm having such a fun time with great US friends and visitors Merridee and Keith, having great weather hasn't been bad either! We started our time together with a lovely party to celebrate Cathy and Martin's 10th wedding anniversary then have spent time visiting the...

10 Jul Little felt shopping bag, a successful over dyeing/natural printing project

Posted at 18:58h in Felt, felt bag, natural printing, Portugal 2014 by Nicola 4 Comments

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I'm getting tonnes of use and plenty of compliments for this little shopping bag that I felted and printed in Portugal. If my arms were currently a bit stronger (tennis elbow in both unfortunately!) I would have stretched the top edge more during the fulling...

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 4 Comments

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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 1 Comment

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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...

11 Mar The journey and story behind one naturally printed felt wrap!

Posted at 21:25h in Felt, felt, felt wrap, natural printing by Nicola 10 Comments

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Last year a call went out to Feltmaker Ireland members inviting submissions for a curated exhibition titled 'Origins: Felt in the Natural World'. Regular readers of this blog may remember that I was delighted to have a large naturally printed nuno felt wrap accepted, the...

16 Feb A few natural print images

Posted at 10:50h in natural printing by Nicola 3 Comments

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Yesterday I spent the day printing nuno felt wraps, one silk scarf, a vintage silk skirt and a wall hanging, that is when I wasn't cuting myself with metal or catching the top of one finger in my tongs! I was very happy with the...

05 Feb It’s official, Dallas TX here I come!

Posted at 18:49h in America 2014, Felt, natural printing, workshops by Nicola 4 Comments

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I'm delighted to announce that Suzanne Morgan and I confirmed last night Saturday 26th of April will be the date for my first ever teaching experience in Dallas, Texas! Because of a prior engagement we're keeping this to a one day natural printing workshop, participants...

31 Jan Two naturally printed felt vessels

Posted at 16:36h in Felt, Felt vessels, natural printing by Nicola 7 Comments

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Following on from my first vessel of 2014 I've felted two more since the beginning of the week, this time they've been naturally printed. I had some lovely pomegranate skins and pith left after I cooked a big lamb, date and pomegranate tagine, what better...

07 Jan Lexington workshop details for 23rd and 24th May announced and CA dates confirmed!

Posted at 19:49h in America 2014, Felt, felt workshops, felting workshops, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing, nuno by Nicola 0 Comments

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I'm delighted to say that I'll be back teaching at The Tin Thimble in Loomis CA on 2nd, 3rd and 4th May. I absolutely love the time I spend here catching up with old friends, meeting new fibre fanatics, facilitating workshops and staying with the...

04 Jan First felt wrap of 2014!

Posted at 12:18h in Felt, natural printing, Showcase 2014 by Nicola 0 Comments

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Yesterday I felted then naturally printed my first wrap of 2014! Over Christmas I had collected leaves and seed pods from a variety of different eucalyptus trees, it's fascinating to see how these are reacting with the different fabrics I'm currently printing on in advance of...

27 Dec Happy holidays everyone!

Posted at 11:07h in Felt, natural printing by Nicola 4 Comments

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Apologies for the lack of posting over the last week or so. Rex had an accident the Wednesday before Christmas and the normally hectic round at this time of year (market, pop up shop, Christmas celebrations and family time) has revolved around making sure he...

13 Dec Felt and natural printed work at the ‘Carlow Made’ pop up shop

Posted at 15:30h in Felt, natural printing, pop up shop by Nicola 0 Comments

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This afternoon I'm spending a little time catching up with computer things and not rushing around quite so crazily as most days of late. Yesterday I had my first stint manning the 'Carlow Made' pop up shop with Ornat, the shopping centre was actually very...

06 Dec Felting completed, printing tomorrow, ‘Carlow Made’ pop up shop open for business!

Posted at 16:39h in Felt, natural printing, pop up shop by Nicola 0 Comments

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I've felted three white wraps working from the now calm and tidy refitted studio, tomorrow I've a full day of natural printing on the cards then Sunday sees the frenzy of the annual Duckett's Grove Christmas Fair, my last day at the DG studio until...

08 Oct Fun and stunning printed wraps in Winnipeg!

Posted at 17:42h in Canada 2013, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing, nuno felt by Nicola 1 Comment

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I've had a really fun (if necessarily short!) time in Winnipeg, thanks so much Margaret for inviting me and organising the workshop. Thanks too for co-ordinating with Tammy from the Crafts Council and scheduling my evening talk, plus of course Tammy, Dave, Addy and Benny...

05 Oct Fabulous felted and printed scarves from Vancouver and tomorrow is FeltUnited Day at last!!!

Posted at 00:52h in Canada 2013, Felt, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing, nuno felt by Nicola 4 Comments

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I'm here in Winnipeg now preparing for this weekend's two day felting and natural printing workshop, I'm really excited to be felting here tomorrow in celebration of FeltUnited Day 2014!!! We had a wonderful time yesterday at the one day event in Vancouver so ably...

13 Sep Lake Tahoe, Vancouver and Winnipeg felters, please don’t forget your onions!

Posted at 05:41h in America 2013, Canada 2013, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing, workshops by Nicola 4 Comments

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I thought that I'd take a picture of some onion skins on Thursday night, just to show all of you who'll be joining me in Lake Tahoe or Canada the ones that I find give the absolute best prints. Strong, tough brown onion skins are...

09 Sep Natural printing and sewing, a fun and instructive exchange of skills!

Posted at 17:34h in Duckett's Grove, Felt, natural dyeing, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing by Nicola 3 Comments

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Over the last few days good friend Maureen helped me sew my first ever proper garment, in exchange I shared how I go about my natural printing and helped her print some beautiful nuno felt and silk scarves! Here's a picture of Maureen with her...

03 Sep Preparing for the future…….

Posted at 18:01h in America 2013, Canada 2013, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing by Nicola 0 Comments

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These days I seem to be doing a lot of preparation, all good! I'm...

25 Aug Natural printing and dyeing day two…..

Posted at 22:33h in natural dyeing, natural printing, Natural printing and dyeing, workshops by Nicola 0 Comments

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It's been very busy but fun this past week, felting, teaching (two natural printing days, a raw fleece workshop and a flower workshop), working the dye pots, invigilating the Feltmakers Ireland exhibition at the Botanic Gardens, spending time with mum and having my sister and...

19 Aug Natural printing and dyeing, day one…..

Posted at 20:46h in Clasheen, natural dyeing, natural printing, workshops by Nicola 0 Comments

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Tamara, George and I have just finished our intensive natural printing and dyeing day at Clasheen, we had loads of fun and by the end of the day had a wonderful and varied selection of beautifully printed silk, cotton and card! I need to recharge...