I was lucky enough to be included in this group of talented teachers and offered a program on needle felting. It was a lovely group of women, including a mother and daughter, and we had such a good time together while they learned to needle felt an owl.
I needed a project that could be completed in the two hours and also run through all the basic techniques so that if they enjoyed needle felting, they would be confident enough to do a project on their own.
Although each woman, or young woman in the case of the 14 year old, had the same pattern but I love how each creation takes on it's own personality.
Each woman started by creating a felted ball in white. This was a great way for them to just get comfortable with the process of stabbing the roving and sculpting with the needle. They then added the brown to the ball which required them to learn how to control how they added roving.
Once they had the ball covered in the brown as they wanted, I showed them how to make the ears and wings and then attach them to the ball. Then next step was adding color for the eyes onto the ball and then sculpting the beak directly onto the face. By the time the women were to this point, adding the spots was easy and they really didn't need any direction from me anymore.
They all seemed quite pleased with their owls as they left at the end of the evening. Each woman went home with her needles and my hope they pursue this art form in the future.
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