Floral Felts: Marsh Marigold Felted Flowers
$30 nonmember // $28 members – USE COUPON code: MMFLOWERS
Kids 4th grade and up.
Thursday, November 20 | 3:30pm—5:00pm
Additional Materials Fee: $5.00 Paid directly to instructor
If you’d like to be on a waiting list for any class that is full, please contact Education Director Jill Neumann at jneumann@watermarkartcenter.org
Under the guidance of Watermark Exhibiting artist, Kristen Anderson, using wool, soap, water, and a wet-felting technique, students will create felt Marsh Marigolds, an iconic seasonal pond spring flower. The yellow marsh marigolds dot the edges of seasonal ponds to usher in spring.
Additional Info to Participants:
The instructor will provide wool roving, cake pans, towels, plastic sheeting, felting soap, scissors, water pitchers, 5 gallon bucket, all covered by the materials fee.
Additional activities with Kirsten Anderson:
- NOV 22 Adults: Woods and Water: Small Felt Tapestries Inspired by Seasonal Ponds →
- OCT 25 All Ages: A Closer Look at Wooded Wetlands →
- Learn more about the exhibit Refugia: the Seasonal Pond Project →
Kristen Anderson BIO
Kristen Anderson is a visual artist working in felt at her Bigfork, MN studio. With a background in biology and art, she approaches her work with an ecological lens and often creates felt to represent her studies. She partners with the scientific community to develop work, which has even included processing (rolling) large-scale felts together. She enjoys infusing her enthusiasm for the natural world and feltmaking through classes and individual or group shows, primarily in northern Minnesota.
