A few of the awesome finished vessels!

Several months ago I discovered a website showcasing the fabulous work of a lady called Jenny Pepper.  I was very excited to see that Jenny holds workshops, not a million miles away, and immediately got myself booked onto two of them.  Earlier this month I rode up to Scarborough to attend Jenny’s ‘Spiky Vessels’ Workshop which was being held in the beautiful village of Hutton Buscel, just a few miles outside of Scarborough.

Hard at work applying the spikes and craters.

The workshop was fun, informative and very inspiring.  Jenny demonstrated various techniques for creating spikes, holes, craters and frills to add to a 3-D vessel.  The day was very well structured but at the same time the session was quite relaxed and we were encouraged to work at our own pace rather than trying to keep up with each other – great for me as I always seem to be the last to finish!  It  was fascinating to learn how useful ‘pre-felt’ can be and since coming home I have made myself quite a supply of it in various colours ready for future projects.  The pieces we made were really designed to be ‘samples’ but I think we all came to see them as more than this once they were finished….they seem to have an alien quality and every one of them was unique.

My vessel in the making

It was a great day all round and lovely to meet the other felters.  I am looking forward to meeting up with many of them again at Jenny’s ‘Multiple Resist Workshop in July.

My finished vessel