Wet Felting a Bowl on a Ball
– A Sweet & Small Decorated Bowl on a Ball –
with Natasha Smart
Course Outline
Class Chat
Getting Started: Info & Resources
Preparations
Embellishment Layout
Wool Fiber Layout
Wet Felting on a Ball
Fulling, Shrinking, and Shaping
Wrapping Up
Course Completion Certificate
Included in this course
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High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies
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About this Course
Skills Focus: Wet Felting, Wet felt over a ball
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Wet Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop
Learn how to wet felt over a ball to create a fabulous felted bowl, vessel or container out of wool! Natasha Smart has created a great introductory course that will absolutely help you get started wet felting over a ball to create beautiful and purposeful items you will love to make, gift and sell.
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English
Skills you will Learn:
- How to wet felt over a 3-dimensional resist, using the “Little B” Felting Ball to create a felted bowl
- Choosing the appropriate wool fibers for success in felting a bowl
- How to mark up the Little B Felting Ball with guidelines for fiber layout
- Embellish the bowl using different types of wool yarns and shiny bamboo tops for beautiful designs and color combinations
- Apply layers of wool in different colors to achieve a split-color, embellished outside, and a solid color inside that folds down to form the rim of the bowl
- Wet felt the bowl on a ball using Natasha’s signature methods!
- Throw, Stretch, and Shape the bowl once it is off the ball to achieve straight sides, a flat base, and an even rim
- BONUS!
- * A look at alternate bowl examples
- *Living Felt 20th Birthday Fun from Natasha’s Demos
Meet the Instructor:
Natasha Smart
Natasha Smart is a full-time felting artist and educator who has been wet felting since 2005. She specializes in the felting on a ball resist technique to create felted bags, baskets and bowls, which she regularly teaches on workshops at her studio in the seaside town of Exmouth, Devon on the UK south coast.
Natasha loves experimenting with wet felting techniques and materials to develop new projects, which has led her to create several online courses and tutorials on wet felting. She has also written over 25 magazine project articles covering felting and textile craft, including for the International Feltmakers Association (IFA) magazine Felt Matters in September 2022. Her first book, Wet Felting, which covers all aspects of wet felting, from flat felting to working with both two and three-dimensional resists, was published in April 2022. Her second book, Three-dimensional Wet Felting, was published in May 2024 and focuses in depth on felting on a ball. It covers all the techniques you need for successful results, along with a range of inspiring projects to create yourself.
Sharing the magic of wet felting has become a real passion for Natasha and she regularly shares videos and photos of her workshops and wet felted pieces on her social media accounts, where you can find more inspiration for your own creations.