Sat, Nov 25
|Chester Art Centre Studio
Felted Gnome Ornaments
It's Gnome-vember and we're getting ready to deck the halls! Come find holiday cheer in the form of needle felting with Elise Campbell. Participants will learn the basics of needle felting, and follow along with a fun lesson resulting in an adorable woolly gnome for your home. Registration Required.
Time & Location
Nov 25, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – Nov 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
Chester Art Centre Studio, 5 Pleasant St, Chester, NS B0J 1J0, Canada
About The Event
It's Gnome-vember and we're getting ready to deck the halls! Come find holiday cheer in the form of needle felting with Elise Campbell. Participants will learn the basics of needle felting, and follow along with a fun lesson resulting in an adorable woolly gnome for your home. Everyone will be provided a felting kit and instructions during this three hour workshop - no experience necessary!
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Elise Campbell is a textile artist and educator who works with wool, silk, and other natural fibres to create sculptural and wearable art. She lives in Stillwater Lake, just outside of Kjipuktuk/Halifax, NS. Elise’s work and creative research, including an international felting study, have been supported by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Robert Pope Foundation. She has received awards and invitations from art galleries in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Ontario, and her work is regularly publicly exhibited.