Our Thursday Evening Program for Teachers this month was DIY@DMA, a program offered through the DMA’s Center for Creative Connections. We joined artist Lizzy Wetzel to learn about felting wool, a process she uses in her own artwork.
After hearing Lizzy talk about her art-making, we went to the All the World’s a Stage exhibition to see Joseph Beuys’ Felt Suit (Filzanzug), which is made of felt. We returned to the Studio and tried our hand at turning merino wool roving into felt.
Our Thursday Evening Program for Teachers features a different program each month and is included in general admission. I hope that you will join us on January 14 at 6:30 p.m. for the Tech Lab: Open Lab program, led by artist Kevin Todora, during which we will experiment with making collages using digital photography and Adobe Photoshop software.
Molly Kysar
Head of Teaching Programs
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- Lizzy Wetzel describes the process of turning wool roving into felt
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- Lizzy Wetzel discusses Joseph Beuys’ Felt Suit (Filzanzug)
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- felting supplies
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- Participants select wool roving
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- spreading out the wool
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- agitating the wool
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- The felt is ready to be rinsed
