Nuno Felted Japanese Knot Bag
In this workshop students will learn how to make a nuno felted Japanese knot bag with wet felting techniques. This course is beginner friendly. The Japanese Knot Bag is a very popular style of project bag that is often used by crafters while they are on the move. It has a long strap on one side and a short strap on the other, and the long strap is slipped through the short strap to form a handle and close the bag. In the workshop students will make a knot bag using the template (resist) from merino wool, silk fabric, pieces of recycled sari silk fabric, sari silk yarn, viscose fiber and wool nepps. Students will learn how to use resist to make a volumetric object (bag) without seams. In this workshop students will learn the nuno felting technique using different types of silk. Nuno felting is the process of bonds loose fiber (usually sheep's wool) into a sheer fabric, such as silk gauze, creating a felt. "Nuno" is a Japanese word for cloth or fabric. Our accent will be on how to create a beautiful texture in nuno felting. Each student will have their own unique Japanese knot bag as a result.
In this workshop students will learn how to make a nuno felted Japanese knot bag with wet felting techniques. This course is beginner friendly. The Japanese Knot Bag is a very popular style of project bag that is often used by crafters while they are on the move. It has a long strap on one side and a short strap on the other, and the long strap is slipped through the short strap to form a handle and close the bag. In the workshop students will make a knot bag using the template (resist) from merino wool, silk fabric, pieces of recycled sari silk fabric, sari silk yarn, viscose fiber and wool nepps. Students will learn how to use resist to make a volumetric object (bag) without seams. In this workshop students will learn the nuno felting technique using different types of silk. Nuno felting is the process of bonds loose fiber (usually sheep's wool) into a sheer fabric, such as silk gauze, creating a felt. "Nuno" is a Japanese word for cloth or fabric. Our accent will be on how to create a beautiful texture in nuno felting. Each student will have their own unique Japanese knot bag as a result.
In this workshop students will learn how to make a nuno felted Japanese knot bag with wet felting techniques. This course is beginner friendly. The Japanese Knot Bag is a very popular style of project bag that is often used by crafters while they are on the move. It has a long strap on one side and a short strap on the other, and the long strap is slipped through the short strap to form a handle and close the bag. In the workshop students will make a knot bag using the template (resist) from merino wool, silk fabric, pieces of recycled sari silk fabric, sari silk yarn, viscose fiber and wool nepps. Students will learn how to use resist to make a volumetric object (bag) without seams. In this workshop students will learn the nuno felting technique using different types of silk. Nuno felting is the process of bonds loose fiber (usually sheep's wool) into a sheer fabric, such as silk gauze, creating a felt. "Nuno" is a Japanese word for cloth or fabric. Our accent will be on how to create a beautiful texture in nuno felting. Each student will have their own unique Japanese knot bag as a result.