New wet fel sculptures by Molly Williams
New felt sculptures – Dance a Deux
Abstract painting course
Coming to the end of Louise Fletcher's excellent, free, 7 day painting course - 'Find Your Joy'. I have have enjoyed it all so much however abstract painter I am not! The 7 day process has made me work intuitively to plan colour and composition, and given me so many ideas to take into my …
Mongolian felt technique experiment – Part 1
I've always wanted to try to make a large piece of felt the traditional Mongolian way - by dragging a large roll of wool fibres, behind a horse, around the Steppes: https://youtu.be/gJ0uojUHYdA I love this film! Anyway yesterday, with the advice of a fellow felter, Beth in New Zealand, I managed to make my prototype …
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Textured skin for large sculptures
I have only made the Contemplative Figures figures with natural, undyed fibres applied straight onto the form, unlike the Dancers that have a separately made decorative skin I am playing with ideas for a colourful, textured skin for the larger figures. Something like this perhaps? Hmmm - an add-on for the Contemplative Figure course …
New Figurative sculpture course! April 2020
A 5-week online course April 22nd - May 22nd 2020 - where you will learn how to make a large contemplative sculpture using a wet felt method of sculpting. These sculptures are inspired by the work of modern sculptors, such as Barbara Hepworth and Sir Henry Moore and others. You will have the opportunity to …
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2019 Review
I have been looking back at the year, as I go through my accounts and plans for 2020. It’s been a significant year for my art practice, taking me on a different and very exciting path! Felt bowl workshop Mayfield School - March Experiment - Raku fired clay and fabric sculptures - April …
Contemporary Dancer Online Workshop
My new 5 week online workshop Contemporary Dancer - A Unique Felt Sculpture Friday 17th January till Friday 21st February 2020 Registration for the course is open! This is an exciting online workshop where you will make a free standing figure 20"/50cm tall. You will learn a new, energetic wet felted process that has similarities to …
Prism Exhibition Hoxton London
Our 2019 Prism Exhibition at the Hoxton Arches Gallery is on until Sunday 9th June! Its well worth a visit!! There are over 60 textile artists exhibiting...... a taste of their work.
The Mollies – large felt sculptures
Life size (in height) felted sculptures in their beautiful new home in Colorado. The first Molly, ‘Tall Molly’, took 6 months to develop and has been followed by two more and there is another in the planning to fill this amazing space. Commissions welcomed!
Full size sculpture
It has taken me about 6 months to develop a full size felt figure and there have been plenty of problems to overcome along the way when upsizing from a 40cm tall figure to one that is 4 times bigger! From these small figures... ...to this one - 164cm high The problems I encountered were …
