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Editor of the North American Felters' Network newsletter since 1992. Learn to Make Felt

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Learn how to make felt, links to Pat's Instruction Pages:

Wet Felting Information 

3-D FELTING WITH A CARDBOARD RESIST (Baby booties used as a sample project)
CENTRAL ASIAN MOSAIC FELT TECHNIQUE
CHART OF WOOLS FOR WET FELTING
EXPERIMENTS WITH HAT ON A BALL

GEORGIAN FELT CAPS     (an interesting way to make a sewn felt hat from a flat piece of felt.)
LAMINATED FELT SCARF (a thin, flexible felt scarf where fine wool is attached to a background of flexible cloth)

MAKE A PATTERN for a Pair of Boots
MAKING A PATTERN FOR A FELT HAT (measuring a head and creating the pattern for several types of hats.)
MAKING FLAT SHEETS OF FELT USING BUBBLE WRAP
  
MAKING A PRE-FELT GROUND (For the Crocus Sampler)

MAKING A FELT TEST SAMPLE
METHODS OF MAKING MOTIFS ON WET FELT
SILK PAPER NOTES
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TESTING your fleece for its felting ability.  

Needle Felting Information

Chart of Wool Types and Felting Needle Sizes    
FIBER CHOICES FOR NEEDLE FELTING
Needle Felt a Rose Scarf
Pictorial Needle Felting

General Felting Information

Feltmaking Terminology in North America
Fine Crafts, A Short History
Preparing Wool for Felting or Spinning
Feltmaking in North America and The International Connections- A Short Overview
 

Link to the Feltmaker's List FAQ page for more information on making felt .


Biographical Information

Patricia Spark, whose MFA is from the University of Washington, is a practicing artist with areas including feltmaking, watercolor, monotypes and drawing. She has exhibited her art work both nationally and internationally. Author of the books, "Fundamentals of Feltmaking", "Scandinavian Style Feltmaking" and "Making Faces Using Wet and Dry Felting Methods". Ms. Spark also translated the Swedish felting book by Gunilla Sjoberg, New Directions for Felt, for Interweave Press.  In addition, she translated the felt sculpture books "Dimensional Felting" and "Felted Sculpture" by Danish artist Birgitte Krag-Hansen for Fine Fiber Press. Recently, Ms. Spark wrote two chapters for the book, "Needle Felting, Art Techniques and Projects" by Anne Vickrey.
        Ms. Spark was a university art professor for 16 years, teaching all of the fiber art areas as well as drawing, design, and color theory. Currently, she teaches workshops in felting and design. She has taught internationally at the World Symposium of Traditional and Contemporary Felt Art (Lakitelek, Hungary, 2004); the Georgian International Felting Conference (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1999); the Finnish International Felting Conference (Petajavesi, 1999); and the International Felting Festival (Korro, Sweden, 1990). She has taught several times at Convergence (the biennial conference of Handweavers Guild of America, HGA) and at regional conferences in North America. Ms. Spark is a former HGA and Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds Board Member. For many years she was the editor of the North American Felters' Network, a publication for felt enthusiasts.
            Ms. Spark is currently a member of Gallery Calapooia in Albany, Oregon and is enjoying her time concentrating on her artwork, teaching workshops and writing articles for various pulications.

 

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Exhibits and Teaching, Upcoming and Current

Teaching/Lectures by Pat Spark

List of  Pat's Workshop DescriptionsSeminars: Titles and Descriptions which can be given for a group, or for private instruction.    

 UPCOMING CLASSES

FELTERS RENDEZVOUS 2020, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 
March 7-10, 2020

I am teaching two classes at the 2020 Rendezvous: 
1. Exploring Watercolor Felting, Saturday-Sunday, March 7-8, 2020
2. Marvelous Margilan-working with this Incredible Material, Monday-Tuesday, March 9-10, 2020
More information coming soon.


EXHIBITS 

Felt Road from Orient to Occident. 40th Anniversary International Felt Exhibition- Revival of a Forgotten Craft. Opening reception: 5th June 2019. Wednesday, 3.p.m. at Pesti Vigadó, Address: Budapest,1051, Vigadó tér 2. Exhibit is from 5th June. – 19th. July 2019. This is an exhibition celebrating the early International Meetings of Feltmaking and the people who helped to revive the craft and carry it forward into the 21st century.

I am a member of the Gallery Calapooia in downtown Albany, Oregon, where you can see my work Tuesday - Saturday 11-6. Gallery Calapooia

For more information about these events, please contact Pat Spark, spark@peak.org

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Contact Information

Email address
spark@peak.org

Web address
http://www.sparkfiberarts.com

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© Patricia Spark
Last revised: April 11, 2019