Learn To Felt

Learn to Felt and Make a Bowl

Learn to Felt

Discover the basics of wet felting with this Learn to Felt workshop with Clare Scott Dryden.

Learn how to transform merino wool fibres and create your own beautiful and functional felt bowl to take home.

What to expect:

Learn the scientific art of felting, in which wool fibres are transformed into a solid fabric using water, soap, and gentle agitation.

As the fibres are rubbed and worked together, they bind naturally to form a strong, durable felt.

Suitable for beginners and those with some creative experience.

What to bring / wear:

All creative materials are included.

Please bring an apron, an old towel and bowl if you have one to hand.

Benefits:

Wet felting is a very therapeutic calming process and deeply grounding – often considered as very mindful, as it is sensory and repetitive!

However it also allows for great artistic expression combining fibres and textiles to create tactic objects and pictures.

Who is your tutor:

Clare is a mixed media artist working with acrylics and watercolours, often combining paint with her love of textiles.

Her creative surfaces range from richly textured Merino wool, felted backdrops – into which additional felts and papers are fused – to more traditional canvas compositions layered with paint.

Her inspiration is drawn from everyday life: observations of people and places, the colours and forms discovered through travel, and walks with her dog.

Landscapes, rivers, shifting contours and, in particular, trees, feature strongly within her work, reflecting a deep connection to the natural world and the quiet patterns found within it.

Time: 10am – 4pm

The base

The Base opened on Friday 8 February 2019 in partnership with Greenham Trust and the Corn Exchange.

It became a registered charity in 2022 (charity no. 1199188) and is dedicated to improving access to the arts whilst bringing quality visual art to the local area.

Situated in a purpose-built arts and craft building, The Base’s £1.7M venue was designed by Sutton Griffin Architects of Newbury.

The space comprises of a 110sqm gallery, artists’ studios and a workshop for participatory classes.

There is also a café facility managed by Honesty Café group.

Striving to be a flagship visual arts venue in West Berkshire, The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 54 exhibition launched the inaugural gallery programme.

Displaying some of the best wildlife photography from across the globe, the exhibition comprised of 100 photograph across 7 categories and is renowned for attracting millions of visitors around the world every year.

The Base is also home to 8 visual artists and craft makers as well as Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire, who present their annual INSIGHT exhibition at The Base every May.

GALLERY OPENING TIMES

The gallery opening times and days vary depending on which exhibition is being presented.

Please check the exhibition pages before you travel to ensure the gallery will be open.

Purchase a Base Pass and gain unlimited access to their Gallery for 12 months – find out more here

Honesty Cafe is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 5pm and 9.30am – 4pm on Sundays.

From a fully accessible building to relaxed visit days, they are dedicated to making their venue and exhibitions accessible for everyone.

Please visit the Accessibility page for information about the facilities at The Base.

Tickets for all exhibitions and workshops at The Base can be booked via the Corn Exchange Box Office: 01635 522733

Their phone lines are open daily: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm (or until 7pm if there is a performance on), Sunday, 10.30am to 4pm

The Base Greenham, Greenham Business Park, Communications Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 6HN

Please contact admin@thebasegreenham.co.u

Base Pass

Throughout the year, The Base attracts high quality touring exhibitions from the likes of the Natural History Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and more.

They know that sometimes one visit just isn’t enough to take in all the talent on show.

So they bring you the Base Pass, enabling you to come and go as often as you like to each exhibition for a whole year!

Unlimited entry to The Base Gallery for 12 months*

10% off at Honesty owned cafes

PLEASE NOTE: Your new Base Pass card will be ready to collect on your next visit to The Base!

Honesty cafe

The base

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