Workshop - Wet Felting Limpet Shell Study with Embroidery 27.9.2025
£90.00
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Limpet Shells a Rock Pool Inspired Study.
Textural Feltmaking with Hand Embroidery
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On this workshop you will create a unique wet felted and hand embroidered limpet shell inspired wall hanging/picture based on one of Lynn’s designs.
Cost: £90.
Date: Saturday 27th September 2025 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: Scampston Hall Walled Garden Conservatory, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8NG. www.scampston.co.uk
Course Numbers: Minimum Spaces 8 / Maximum Spaces 10
Two tutors to guide you through the day
The workshop will be delivered by Lynn Comley and supported by Liz Riley
You will spend the day in the magnificent Scampston Hall conservatory in the award-winning walled garden. The workshop will give participants the skills and techniques to be able to create a unique piece of felt textile art.
Step by step we will work through the process of wet felting. Starting with the chosen design, laying out of ‘dry’ fibres, then using a variety of techniques that will create additional textures and the 3D element.
This is the time to show your creativity, as the design can be adapted to add your personal mark. During the ‘wet’ stage water, soap, and friction are applied eventually creating a unique piece of fabric.
Felt is surprisingly strong, a lovely medium to stitch into, no two pieces will ever be the same, this should be embraced. We will look at ways of embellishing the design using hand embroidery, methods I use in my own felt designs. As felt can take a few days to completely dry, we will use sample pieces of felt to practice any unfamiliar stitches and discuss ways of embellishing the design.
A pack of hand dyed threads that compliment the design will be yours to take and finish at home.
Adults Only. This Workshop is perhaps more suited to those who have had some previous wet felting experience, though not essential, with two tutors all participants will achieve good results.
You will be provided with all the necessary materials to use on the day. Please bring a hand towel and a suitable bag to take your wet towel and work home with you.
Tutors:
Lynn Comley is a contemporary felt maker perhaps best known as UpandDownDale in the felt making world; creating wet felted textile art, embellished with free motion machine embroidery, hand stitch or both! Within her work she uses a combination of natural materials that include wool, silk and linen.
Living by the sea and surrounded by the North York Moors National Park, Lynn's artistic focus is on the natural minutia of her surroundings. She enjoys engaging with the delicate patterns and intricacies of nature, focusing more recently on moss, lichen and limpets but frequently returns to her original inspiration of landscapes, seascapes and hedgerow flora. Her work sells internationally. www.upanddowndale.co.uk
Instagram @UpandDownDale
Liz Riley will be supporting us throughout the day. Liz is an artisan felt maker with a love of colour and texture. Focusing on traditional feltmaking techniques, her work combines art with a love for making wearable useable items, embracing the dexterity of working with fibre she finds transforming a sheep’s fleece into fabric endlessly fascinating.
With a love for making, her inspiration and motivation is defined by strong colour combinations and colour blends using hand dyed wool, silks and hand spun yarns adding fine detail her work is characteristic of artisan felted work.
See more of Liz’s work at www.everythingfelt.co.uk
Instagram @Everything_felt
What’s included:
All materials, equipment and tuition to support and guide you through the process of wet felting. PLEASE bring a hand towel on the day and a suitable bag to take the wet towel and work home in.
Summary notes and a pack of threads to compliment your chosen design will be yours to take and finish at home.
Complementary tea, coffee and biscuits will be available throughout the day and the workshop includes free access to the beautiful Walled Garden during the day which closes at 5pm.
Lunch:
Lunch break will be 30 minutes, to maximise the amount of teaching time. There will be time to look at the gardens after the workshop which close at 5pm.
Please bring either a picnic lunch. Alternatively a small selection of lunch items will be available to order upon arrival, which are served to us by the Bothies team in the conservatory.
We will eat together in a lovely part of the conservatory. Tea & coffee will be provided.
Suitable for:
Adults Only. This Workshop is perhaps more suited to those who have had some previous wet felting experience, though not essential. Please note: A certain degree of upper arm fitness is required, and participants may find it easier standing up while felting. Please see Scampston's Accessibility Policy, available on their website www.scampston.co.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility-information for information on disabled access and contact us directly if you have any questions or if any special arrangements are required for the workshop.
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