Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Felted Bird with Janet Griffin

Felted Bird with Janet Griffin
Saturday, May 13
1:00pm-4:00pm
Teen & Adult Class

Amaze yourself with the dry method of wool felting! Think of your favorite feathers on your animal!  You can construct your very own good luck charm.  A little secret of needle felting will be shared with you! You will mold fluffy wool fibers into three-dimensional shapes. Treat yourself to organic fiber art!

You don’t need to bring a thing! Wool and silk is included. Teacher brings color-full wool, wool yarn, felt needles, mat and beads.

Cost of class is $60 per person. 

Registration deadline is Thursday, May 11 by 5pm.

 




 

Build a Vessel by Janet Griffin

Build a Vessel by Janet Griffin
Saturday, February 11
12:00pm-4:00pm

Fashion a bowl from top-quality wool and silk fibers. Formation of dish will be approximately 8’’ wide. We will choose our colors of Corriedale and Romney fibers to construct a hollow container. This class is open to adults and teens!

Cost of class is $55.

Registration deadline is Thursday, February 9 by 5pm. 




 

Felted Clutch with Janet Griffin: CLASS FULL

Felted Clutch with Janet Griffin
Saturday, January 29
10:00am – 2:00pm

Join us at Arts on Main and work a wallet- perfect for carrying your phone and credit card/cash! Janet Griffin will be teaching students how to construct a one-of-a-kind case using Merino wool and silk fibers. Come treat yourself to an ancient organic fiber art and become a textile artist! Janet will provide all tools and materials for the class. While this is an adult class, it is suitable for teenagers.

Registration closes: Thursday, January 27 @ 5:00pm.

Cost per student is $50. 

*If student wishes to carry home more wool to form another pouch, he/she can buy the materials from Janet for $10.


CLASS FULL

 

Felted Gnome with Janet Griffin

Amaze yourself with the dry wool, needle-felting method of wool felting! A little secret of felting will be shared with you! You will form fluffy wool fibers into a three-dimensional wool character. Treat yourself to organic fiber art!

Materials fee: Wool and silk is included. The teacher brings color full wool, wool yarn, two felt needles, a mat, and beads. This class is suitable for students ages 14+.

If a student wishes to buy more wool…the cost will be another $5.

 




 

About the Instructor

Janet is a retired Art Specialist from Gloucester County Public Schools. She taught in Hampton City Schools and, locally, at Petworth Elementary for 25 years prior to retiring from teaching, in 2016. She certainly enjoyed teaching art to young children and has always been amazed at how children can teach her!  Janet graduated Magna cum laude from Old Dominion University.
Janet’s own artistic work is tapestry weaving, balanced between the 60” Macomber and 30” Leclerc looms. Her favorite weaving is Theo Moorman’s tapestry technique. Janet lives in Gloucester Courthouse with her husband, Jim, and two crazy cats.

Cardboard Loom Weaving with Janet Griffin

Join weaver, Janet Griffin, for a foray into the fiber arts through Cardboard Loom Weaving. Over the course of four hours, Janet will show you everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful, woven pouch using a cardboard loom that you can recreate at home!

A materials fee of $5 is due on the first day of class. A second day, to finish up the project will be determined by students and only two-hours will be needed.

This class is suitable for students aged 16+

The second date of class will be determined by students.

Saturday, January 16th from 12:30pm – 4:30pm



 

About the Instructor

Janet is a retired Art Specialist from Gloucester County Public Schools. She taught in Hampton City Schools and, locally, at Petworth Elementary for 25 years prior to retiring from teaching, in 2016. She certainly enjoyed teaching art to young children and has always been amazed at how children can teach her!  Janet graduated Magna cum laude from Old Dominion University.
Janet’s own artistic work is tapestry weaving, balanced between the 60” Macomber and 30” Leclerc looms. Her favorite weaving is Theo Moorman’s tapestry technique. Janet lives in Gloucester Courthouse with her husband, Jim, and two crazy cats.