Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Convergence

Parnell, Auckland, September 2015
Five from our group are attending the convergence.  Having a great time.  Fiona Duthie is the main guest tutor and there are lots of other workshop options as well.  One of the sessions was on making Sculptural Light Vessels which we will use with lights at our final dinner.

Detail of one of Fiona's sculptural light vessels

This light sculpture has a light and a flower holder

The suitcase sale session

Application forms due

For the Textile and Fibre Arts Network exhibition - 'Celebrating Textile Art' with the challenge topic of  'Shaken Not Stirred'. Forms are due 25 September and items are due 2 October.  We have our next felting meeting on 3rd October and I am happy to collect items then for delivery to the organisers (I know its a day late but many of us are away that week anyway).  More information and contact details are available in an earlier post. 

Halswell Community Market

Southern Felters is hoping to have a site at the Halswell Community Market later this year. The plan is to use the site to promote Southern Felters but also to give our members an opportunity to sell felted items directly to the public.  Site bookings haven't opened yet for later this year so we cant confirm the date yet but this is an advance working so felters can start thinking about and making things for our stand.  We are hoping for a date in November.