PaperFelt Illuminated: January 2 – 25, 2026
Wool and paper layered together produce a unique and inspiring textile that illuminates more beautifully than other combinations. Paper adds structure to the felt while allowing for a light wool layout, creating a warm translucency. The paper enhances the textural and sculptural qualities of the felt. When illuminated the light has a honey coloured glow. When unlit, the surface is matte and white, like porcelain.
Our main project will be a cylindrical lamp. We work with paper layered reliefs, raised fins, layered dimensional shapes, and flat raised surface shapes. These textures are also wonderful used in many other projects! They add fantastic dimension and textural interest.
All workshop materials will be presented by video plus online classroom resources with lots of images and text describing each step. In the three weeks of the class, in addition to making a great textural light, we’ll look at lighting hardware, including sources, plus design process for illuminated felt and construction. For beginning to intermediate feltmakers.
Workshop Fee: $195.00 CAD
Find the materials list for this workshop HERE!
Fibre + Paper is a prerequisite for this workshop. It really does help to have a solid foundation in felting with paper before moving on to more advanced projects like PaperFelt illuminated. Fibre + Paper is a mentored class, through to December 21st, but then after that you can follow through all of the very comprehensive instructions, to gain this basic experience in working with paper and wool, ready for the lighting project in January!
Register for both Fibre + Paper and PaperFelt Illuminated and receive 20% off both courses! Register Here!
Class schedule:
January 2nd: Classroom opens for Materials Discussions and Introductions. All class materials will be available for you to start your projects.
January 24th: Last day to post questions or work in the online classroom for feedback.
January 25h: Last day of the mentored aspect of the workshop. You can continue to post your work and chat in the online discussion area with your classmates.
February 28th: Classroom discussion area closes. You still have access to all class materials- videos, pDFs, classroom pages an discussions.
If you have any questions at all about this class- please do email me!
