Here's my October Newsletter - it's been a busy summer and I am finally back in my workshop. Find out more about the 2026 Contemporary Dancer Workshop: Dancer Workshop
Bankside Exhibition with the society of Designer craftsmen
What a fabulous exhibition of contemporary crafts: textiles, ceramics, glass, furniture, marquetry, jewellery and mixed media. sense of place Molly Williams MSDC - Felted fibres in the gallery some of my favourite pieces Christine Meyer-Eagleston FSDC Marquetry Sean Evelegh MSDC Denise Jaques MSDC Ceramics Margaret Jones FSDC Woven textiles Julia Desch MSDC Feltmaking The exhibition …
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A pod’s journey…
I began the pod with white and naturally dyed merino wool. Once the pod was formed and partially fulled I stitched in thick welts across the surface with needle and thread, then fulled with a sander followed by stuffing the pod well with cotton fabric before and placing in the dryer, on hot, for 15 …
New felt sculptures – Dance a Deux
New wet fel sculptures by Molly Williams
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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Why did I start? Where am I now!
I have been making these figurative wet felted sculptures for over 10 years and people often ask me when, why and how, I started to make them - not the easiest question really! Several thoughts though - I have worked figuratively since about 2005 and the first sculpture I made was for the final show of …
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 …
