Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools and Techniques (B)
About Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools and Techniques (B)
Spinners, felters, and fiber artists! Have you ever wondered: What is an art batt? How might you make one? What can you do with it, and why would you want to? How does a dog comb come into the fiber-prep picture? And what in the world is a rolag? If so, come card with Q and learn answers to those questions–and more. Yes, we ARE batty for batts–and we think you will be as well! Students will leave with the basic skills needed to create art batts, knowledge of some handy creative-carding tools, and fibery clouds of various kinds designed using ingredients from the unique Foldout Cat Batt Buffet and created using hand cards, blending boards, and drum carders.
The capacity for this class is 12 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
No participant-provided materials required: instructor will provide all tools and materials. Students just need to bring their curiosity and willingness to learn–and their patience with the process and with themselves.
Materials Fee and Description
Your class registration fee includes materials with a value of $65 consisting of:
Use of instructor’s hand cards, blending boards, and drum carders and access to/use of instructor’s Batt Buffet of Merino, Angelina, silk, bamboo, locks, and other fibers to build multiple beautifully eclectic clouds of fiber. Students will also go home with a pet-comb hand card/burnishing brush to keep. Blending boards used in class will be available for purchase if desired (not required!) at its conclusion.
Pre-class Homework
No homework prior to class.
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: Class open to students 12 years old and up. Students must be tall enough to reach the drum carders and to treat them with the care both student and carder deserve, and must be able to focus for the duration of the class.
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
No prior knowledge of fiber prep in general or carding in particular needed to take this class, which is open to all but geared towards the beginner.
Contact the Teacher
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When
3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Expo 2
How It Works
This is an in-person event. Please check the location and date above to ensure it works for you to attend in-person. Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Liza Q. Wirtz
Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business The Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats.
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