Workshop @ Arte à Vista

Sunday 16 of May
15.00 - 17.00/18.00

Art of Laundry or.....

What ?

Where?

Casarias... a commun place for washing and drying in the Beiras'mountains.

How wonderfull to bring to this place the handwoven linens,

monogrammed "BV" made 1920 in a basic and traditional way.

What is to tell about this BV? **

Portuguese and German traditions mixed by Dutch touches, very very carefull,

and who knows what's coming up more....

Maybe Scottish, maybe Welsh or something complete else...... in the most basic things in life.

** ;) Will post the answer later... interested? Feel free to follow...

Mayflies for early birds!

Building together a temporary "DayFly" installation

at sunrise and see the reactions of the daily public.

At beautiful location and possible in July and August 2009

Want to join? More information?

Please send your e-mail to artinnature@gmail.com

Needle Felting Step by Step

Felt-making in the Beiras, Portugal

Wool-felting-workshops in the Beiras,

Level: all

Location: S.Sebastião da Feira - Oliveira do Hospital ,

or your own location.

Workshop 1. 2 hours to learn the basic of:

needle felting - dry felting - bulb or form felting

wool and felting needles are available

Workshop 2. 2,5 hours to learn the basic of:

wet felting - fibre felting with warm water, soap and pressure

Explore the simple techniques of layering and shrinking colourful wool in warm water and create a felted object. Constant agitation of the wetted material causes the wool fiber to bond together so closely that you then layer colours to create shapes and patterns.

Come and see how easy and fun this ancient art form can be!

Workshop 3.

Workshop to learn the tricks about knitting and felting.

After workshop 1 and 2 , this one is FREE!

http://www.atelieramie.net/ for activities and workshops "ART in NATURE" in the Beiras