This October the studio will host Lisa Klakulak of STRONGFELT for a four day workshop. Klakulak is an innovative and meticulous felt maker, full of wit and humor. It is a combination that produces an exciting learning environment that I am delighted to foster. -Kristy
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GUEST INSTRUCTOR: LISA KLAKULAK
COST: $750 ($375 DEPOSIT DUE TO RESERVE)
IN PERSON: OCTOBER 30 - NOV 2, 2025
Location: Kristy's studio in Ashland, OR
Learn technique for layout/wrapping of various 2D resist template shapes in a consistent thinness of wool fiber while simultaneously integrating distinct areas of denser partial felt shapes to exploring extreme differential shrinkage as a means of sculpting surface relief and unique hollow form. Participants will make partially felted sheets of fiber in varying thicknesses and states of structural integrity to cut and apply strategically in their fiber layout. Studies will focus on perimetral agitation to raise form from a single 2D plane, sculpt a variety of hollow forms from a circular template and expanding possibilities with altered template shapes. Proper fulling, the thickness of the vessel’s wall in relationship to its surface area and interior volume and the amount of and placement of denser areas of partial felt as structural support will determine the forms integrity. Hand stitched structural ribbing, steam blocking and shellac stiffening will be addressed can then be applied to further refine the form’s posture and presence.