Having discovered the Limitations of the Human Body (alas) I am now workshopping just once a month. The other end of this stick is, I get to be more predictably at Saturday Market!

Contact:

Saturday Market Office, 541.686.8885 or www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org

 

Recovery month! I'm sleeping off a REALLY BUSY Holiday Market season, sold out every weekend.

Soon's I wake up, I plow into the Special Orders list...

Hard to believe that, in this wobbly world, folks'd still be eager for nutty felted items...

I think China's lead-painted toys and news of rotten corporate working conditions
put everyone into Local Mode --

we were mobbed by eager shoppers!

GirlFriend!! Well! Ona and I have been talking and planning for the Wool Weekend of 8-9-10 February 2008... Here's the current arrangement:

We'll gather at Ona's capacious house south of Cottage Grove on Friday the 8th of February after 5 pm.

There'll be a light supper waiting for us.

Friday evening we'll dive into a project that incorporates both traditional felting and needlefelting,

getting our hands into WOOL, getting 'warmed up'...
Saturday we'll make HATS. These could be for daily wear, or for ceremony.

Sunday we'll get into felting needle sculpture. making a 15"tall, humanesque figure.

Clothing etc. for same will be discussed and demonstrated... Throughout will be available coffee and tea &c. We'll all bring lunch stuff.
Saturday Supper will be provided, a birthdayparty for all Februaries!

The workshop is limited to 10 participants.

Since this is a Pajama Party, participants will be restricted to not men, sorry guys! We'll get to you later...
Since this IS a Pajama Party, please bring your own bedding, and some sort of mattress if you're a creature of comfort. Ona has a carpeted library floor for us! Bring your night reading light if you're a night owl -- we'll pick a Lights Out time so folks could actually REST... (Ona does have a husband but he has elected to hang out with friends elswhere.)

So. The arrangement is, $100 for the weekend's instruxion,

which includes my usual array of xeroxes, felting needles, basic structural tools, curly locks,
yarn embellishments and et cetera necessities.
My books and felting needles will be available at Workshop prices.

You'll need to bring: SCISSORS! no one allowed without SCISSORS.
A soft foam working surface, 3x3x6" is very good, usually available for free in the scrap pile at upholstery stores. A few old towels, borrow them from the family dog.
A few plastic bags, like from the supermarket produce dept.
Food items-- your breakfast, items for a Tribal lunch.
Your overnight gear, 2 nights' worth.

To reserve a space among the ten, please mail a check for $50 to
Ayala Talpai
95609 Marcola Rd.
Marcola OR 97454
or send it via Paypal if you are so inclined.
If you need to cancel, we could refund if we can replace you in the workshop!
The balance is due upon arrival Friday evening.

When you arrive Friday evening, please give $25 to Ona for WOOL.

Well!! That about sketches it in, as far as we've gotten... any requests? Improvements? Burning desires???
Looking forward SO MUCH to this time with you!

A Romp thru the Realm of Needlefelting

Saturday we'll construct a variety of items using myriad techniques and simple tools:

Sunday we'll spend on a 15" humanesque figure built on a yarn armature, and on its details & embellishments!

... every Saturday on the Park Blocks at 8th & Oak across from the County Courthouse,
'til we move into the Fairgrounds on the weekend before Thanksgiving, for the Holiday Market.
Stop by my booth, #106, handily located by the stage near the Food Court! 'D love to see you!!
Sometimes I'm off workshopping--
you could check at the Info Booth 541.686.8885 to make sure I'm 'home'.