International Felt Symposium
International Felt Symposium
International Felt Symposium
International Felt Symposium
International Felt Symposium
Natúra Panzió, Orfű-Tekeres, South Hungary
21-28 May 2024
Immersion in the World of Felt Sculpting
We are glad to announce the revival of our felt symposium “Gift of the Lambs” after 12 years,
in the picturesque village of Orfű surrounded by hills and lakes.
We are a group of seven friends, all felt artists:
Anikó BOROS Baribon, Flóra CARLILE-KOVÁCS, Márti CSILLE, Kinga HUSZTI, Gabriella KOVÁCS, Judit PÓCS and Vanda RÓBERT
We’ll teach different courses each year alternately, working together in the miraculous power of synergy.
This year four of us will offer courses in two turns.
Courses:
The symposium lasts for seven days, during which participants attend two courses. Please choose one 3-day-course and one 2-day-course from the workshops we offer. The maximum number of participants in each course is 12. This means, that we can accept 24 registrants altogether, ensuring an intimate and effective learning environment. Please keep this in mind and make a prompt decision if you are interested. After the registration period has ended, each of our teachers still has a few places left, which we now announce as individual courses with immediate payment. Accommodation and meals must be booked at Natura Panzio in accordance with the chosen course.
The language of the symposium is English.
The length of the courses enables intense work, immersion in the creative process and completed art pieces as a result, giving the participants at the same time the opportunity to relax, and explore the hidden gems of the surrounding area.
Programs:
The symposium will also host an art exhibition of the works of our felt artist community, and an evening with Mihály Vetró, renowned ethnographer and felt expert. The participants of the symposium will also have the opportunity for introducing their works, through brief presentations, during evening gatherings.
A day of leisure between the two course dates is included. You can choose from a variety of organized and optional programs and activities, such as enjoying a guided tour of the Orfű Mill Museum Complex with a paper-making demonstration, visiting the nearby thermal bath, exploring the Abaliget Dripstone Cave, viewing Pécs in the evening, including attending a performance at Márkus Zínház, an alternative puppet theater, among others.
Prices:
The total fee for the two courses you choose is 780 Euros.
If you choose 1 course, the following tuition fees apply:
Gabriella Kovács 3-day course: 490 EUR
Vanda Róbert 3-day course: 490 EUR
Judit Pócs 2-day course: 340 EUR
Anikó Boros 2-day course: 340 EUR
The cost of materials is not included in the price. We will send a list of required materials and tools after your registration was processed. Most of the necessary tools will be provided.
Money-back guarantee:
- If the symposium does not take place due to our fault and you did not cancel your application, then we will refund the entire amount paid.
- If you withdraw by March 29, you will receive a refund of the amount paid until then, minus transaction fee.
- If you withdraw by April 15, you will receive half of the total fee back, minus transaction fee.
- If you withdraw after April 25, we will not be able to refund your tuition fee.
Only a few places left!
Make your registration today!
Details of the workshops:
Anikó BOROS:
Pebble jewelry
2-day workshop
About Anikó
I am inspired by forms of nature. The inspiration for my shawls are in tree branches and veins of leaves. Textures of tree barks and lichens are reflected in the wavy silk inlets of my rings and neckpieces. Stones that I find by waters I set into wool – my pins thus become stone-cradles, my bags have stone eyes and stones are the jewels of my rings, too. They are all unique handmade pieces made of wool and silk.
About workshop
I plan for two day course, with pebble jewellery.
Day 1:
pin and ring – basics of pebble enclosing
Day 2:
pebble necklace – pebble enclosing and the secrets of the strings
Pebble collection is a favourite pastime of many of us. But how about you making jewelry out of it with the help of a little wool?
The leading role of the two-day jewellery-felting course will be the pebble. You can make a variety of eye-catching jewellery pieces, or even a whole set if you wish. I will show you how to make a pin (for your coat, hat, or wherever you wish to wear it), a ring, a necklace and a pair of earrings – in Baribon style. From the secret of enclosing pebbles in wool to making various jewellery parts, you can learn many nuances that will help you to create your unique jewellery. Next to pebbles, the raw material we’ll use is the finest wool with a fibre thickness of 14 microns. In this course, you will experience the versatility of wool, and you’ll be amazed at what small objects can be made from this lovely material!
Gabriella KOVÁCS:
Tower Box
3-day workshop
About Gabriella
I graduated from the University of Fine Arts as a set and costume designer, I went on to learn French tapestry weaving and mastered carpet design.
I encountered felting some twenty-five years ago and realised that my previous experiences with art were integral to my approach to felting. My design rationale incorporates shapes and colors, reflecting my love for geometry, architecture, and literature. All these elements found their place, whispering in the background, and provided a wonderful foundation that opened a new door to my felt art.
About workshop
We explore the creation of geometric spatial forms found in architecture by felting over a built-in template, drawing inspiration from various structures such as lighthouses, minarets, campaniles, and church towers. These are found all over the world in myriad colors and shapes.
During the three-day workshop, each participant creates an approximately 45 cm high, three-dimensional tower-shaped storage box. We examine the structure of these shapes and craft decorative elements for each ornament.
I will share insights and demonstrate how I have explored and experimented with achieving the spatial forms discussed in the workshop.
I recommend this workshop for advanced feltmakers.
Judit PÓCS:
Form in form
2-day workshop
About Judit
I have been involved in felting since 1992. From jewelry design to clothing, spatial sculptures, spatial to wall textiles, I deal with several areas of felt production. From the beginning, my work was characterized by experimentation, the focus of which is the spatial development of the felt. I regularly teach at both foreign and Hungarian symposia and forums.
I like the freedom of felt in the shapes and colors as well. Colours can be used, mixed and washed into each other, just like by watercoloring. The different colored layers are interweaving each other and they create new colours around themselfs.I like to originate order from chaos, to arrange the tangle fibres into a whole under my hands. I like to incorporate different materilas and rubbing them together, give a feeling as they since ever would have belonged together.
About workshop
Want to learn how to build multiple shapes of felt together? Are you interested in how to attach beads to the felt without sewing? Would you also like to experiment with sequined fabrics and cracked technique? Then this course is for you!
During these two days we make a hollow sculpture filled with granules, which consists of 3 forms built on each other. The innermost shape is decorated with sequined fabric, the middle one is decorated with glass beads felted into the surface, and the outermost shape is decorated with cracks, under which shiny pieces of sequined fabric sit.
The sculpture is filled with granules or small stones and felted together with it.
We don’t sew anything, we fix all elements with felting.
I recommend this course for advanced feltmakers.
Vanda RÓBERT:
Sculpting with stitch
3-day workshop
About Vanda
I first encountered felt during my university years, around 2000. Initially amazed by its natural yet complex simplicity, I have remained so ever since. After graduating with a degree in aesthetics, I continued to explore various art forms such as dance, land art, and philosophy, all of which have influenced my later work. I began learning feltmaking with a traditional craft, where the unity of felt and stitch resonated in unique sculptural forms. Relief quilting revealed itself as a remarkable tool. It not only allows to incorporate traditional motifs but it even provides a journey towards fine art patterning.
About workshop
During the three days of stitch workshop, you will have the opportunity to design and create your own felt sculpture, which may take the form of an idol or statuette with basic shapes. My felt sculptures are made as the unity of a solid form with a plain surface and a quilted structure complementing the outer shape. We will complete our felt piece by exploring the technique of hollow felting. We delve into the advanced hand stitch methods of relief quilting and felt sewing to create the textured pattern for your felt sculpture. Personalized guidance will be provided throughout the workshop to support and enhance your creative process from planning to completion.
Accomodation:
Accomodation with full board in double rooms at the premises of the workshops at Natúra Panzió on individual booking. Price for the whole week (7 nights): from 550 Euros.
For the 1-course option, accommodation and meals must be booked according to the chosen course
The website of Natúra Panzió is only available in Hungarian, but information and booking assistance are provided in English and German via email and phone as well. Please indicate that you are booking accommodation for the Gift of the Lambs Symposium.
www.naturaorfu.hu
e-mail: info@naturaorfu.hu
phone: +36 30 349 6079
phone: +36 72 498 032
Registration:
Registration process:
Fill out and send your application request using this form
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Pay the symposion fee in your preferred way.