Wet Felted Wiggly Snake (Gr. K-3) (In-person)

Wet Felted Wiggly Snake (Gr. K-3) (In-person)

In-Person: Kids | This program has been canceled

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States

Loft 2

All skill levels

5/17/2024 (one day)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM on Fri

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43.00 USD

Member Discount Available

Try your hand at wet felting and create this adorable wiggly snake! Kids five and up will have a fantastic time whipping up a new friend! This snake is wet felted over a pipe cleaner armature. Kids will be able to select from a variety of wools that vary in color and texture. This fun and tactile workshop will teach kids about fiber, felting and color. They will be able to select from a variety of facial features to give their wiggly snakes some real character. Kids should dress accordingly, as they will get wet! Students should bring a towel as well as a plastic bag to take their creations home in, as they will need to dry overnight on a cookie sheet.

With Artist Chelsea Brown

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  • Tuition includes all supplies but the following is requested

    Students should bring the following: 

    Towel, plastic bag
Brown, Chelsea

Chelsea Brown (she/her) is a fiber artist and teacher based out of Massachusetts. She started felting in 2016 and hasn't put down the felting needle since! Fiber started as her hobby, became her passion, and is now present in every aspect of her life. Entirely self-taught, Chelsea has exhibited her wool sculptures in art galleries and runs her own small business, Kekii Crafts, where she sells her unique needle felted pieces and wet felted wearable art. Her artwork often draws inspiration from anime and games, pop culture, animals, and all things cute and squishy. She also takes commissions and enjoys bringing these unique visions to life!

Chelsea's greatest love is teaching, which gives her the opportunity to share her wool obsession with the world. In addition to a variety of felting workshops, she has taught over 400 painting classes and now works part-time teaching sewing and fiber arts to children. 

Chelsea's larger sculptures often reference the natural world and all of the amazing creatures in it. It can take two to three months to create ONE needle felted sculpture! Through this labor of love, she hopes to continue to help conservation efforts around the world. Portions of the proceeds from her works are regularly donated to organizations that help endangered animals. She also never forgets to thank the most wonderful animal of them all: The sheep!

You can find her work on Instagram: @kekii_crafts, Facebook: facebook.com/kekiicrafts, Etsy: etsy.com/shop/kekiicrafts. You can email her with any specific questions at Kekiicrafts@gmail.com.