Free-Form Felt Blocking and Draping with Elwyn Crawford
I was impressed with Elwyn’s ability to convey the basics of this complex craft. She moved effortlessly between modeling the steps and encouraging us to create and discover on our own. She had an intuitive feel for our personal learning styles as well as our personal aesthetics, and she was able to give each of us the attention, direction, or space that we needed throughout the process. Elwyn was patient and enthusiastic.
–Chris Chun
Create your own fashionable fur felt hat in the design and color of your choice in this one day or two evening millinery workshop.
You will learn classic techniques of free-form blocking and hand sewing that allow for the invention of spectacular hats. These techniques can inspire a breadth of creativity so that a multitude of styles are possible, including your own renditions on popular shapes like the cloche, cap and fedora.
If you have a specific color in mind for the hat please let me know with two weeks notice so that if I don’t have it in stock, I can order it from my supplier.
The next class dates will be
Sunday November 15th
10 am to 6 pm
and
Tuesday November 24th and December 1st
6pm to 9:30pm
$99 with a $30 material fee
Both workshops will be at the new space in downtown Oakland!
416 26th St
Oakland, CA 94612
To register please contact elwyn@oloverhats.com
As a teacher, Elwyn was impressively supportive and thorough. She had an intuitive feel for where to give specific instruction, and where to offer possibilities, while allowing space for each of us to develop our own creative process. There was a lot to cover, and yet she gracefully managed to juggle all of our various needs and questions throughout the busy day, always giving her full, patient attention to the matter at hand. I have been wearing my hat all week and have received numerous compliments on it, but most importantly I love it!
–Kimi Keating
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