The end of September already??

Artist Judith Glatt from Glattsicle Creations




Greetings dear friends!
The workshop here at NDA went very well and was a great deal of fun!Judith Glatt was our artist instructor for the day.
After giving us some information on various types wools and dyed roving
we were able to make our own felted soaps.

As you can see above we first wrapped our soaps with a wool batting...
Then we selected colored strands of roving to cover the batting.




Next we slipped the soaps into a nylon and began to
rub the wool with warm water and soap


Here Judy demonstrates rubbing the wool on a glass wash board.

Here is a "Class Photo"
As you can tell everyone had a blast and we all are excited to go home and work some more
with "Wet Felting"




That is all for now!
Stay tuned for more!
:O)Mary

September 17

Hi my friends!
As you can see the last time I had a free moment was Labor Day!
All is great with me, Limelight Artworks and NDA (school)
My Art Club at school is sponsoring the first in a series of "Art Workshops"
We will be making -exfoliating soaps with a covering made of wet felting.
As seen above.
Judith Glatt will be teaching the class.
here is a bit about her...

Glatsical Creations
Glatsical.creations@gmail.com
Albany,New York


After several years of having been fusing glass for ornaments and jewelry, I discovered a process in wool felting, called Nuno, which can also be described as the fusing of fibers. I was immediately attracted to Nuno as the mixing of fibers of different textures and colors reminded me of how pieces of glass combine when molten to form swirls. Nuno felting is the fusing of wool fibers and fabric into beautiful hybrids from which I make one-of-kind garments and accessories. The Nuno process as I practice it, is entirely handcrafted, the wool and other fibers are treated with soap, water and most importantly, elbow grease.


My Nuno scarves are felted with silk fabric, Merino wool, Bamboo and other fibers.
They are hand washable using a mild soap and cool water, do not wring just squeeze out the water and line dry.

My handcrafted felted “all in one” purses have no seams and the handles are incorporated into the body of the bag. Some are reversible. The small pouches and purses are wet felted with Merino wool batting, roving and other fibers.

My handcrafted exfoliating soaps are felted with soft Merino wool. The exfoliating is gentle yet effective. Lather the bar in your hands with warm water then use. As the soap gets used up the wool pad can be recycled as a scrubbing pad for the kitchen or bath.

At present my handcrafted felted purses, clutches, Nuno scarves and exfoliating soaps can be purchased at the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Saratoga Art Center and in October at Departures located at Albany International Airport.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Earl

Hello again!
Hurricane Earl is coming up the Atlantic coast and I'm happy to see that it is
has been downgraded to category 1.
This morning all was lovely here even though the rain is coming.
Seriously ...
Have you ever seen such a glorious morning!!















If you missed the new Boutique items that were
added to Limelightartworks, here is a preview.

New Additions
Equine Necklaces & Earrings

Celtic horse polymer pendant on neck wire







Polymer heart with horse on neckwire





















Glass horse on ribbon necklace

September First

Greetings All!
OK, I am sure you are asking yourselves this question too...
Where did my summer go?
The area public schools opened today and I am
gearing up to head back to mine next Wednesday.

If you were a reader of my other blog- Estesart@livejournal.com
You know that I teach High School art at Notre Dame Academy
in Worcester, Ma.
I am the "Visual Art Department" so I get to wear many hats and
enjoy all aspects of my job here.
The subjects I teach are
Freshman Art 3-D Sculpture Drawing and Painting Graphic Design Art History

Last year our building added on a spectacular addition!
Among other classrooms, spacious music rooms, lovely new student center,
the art room was doubled in size and a room just for sculpture was added!!!!
PLUS we have a beautiful, new art gallery!!!

The photo above is my office

Here are some photos and you can also link on to our NDA website at
www.nda-worc.org