Chad Alice Hagen

Resist Shaped Fine Wool Scarves

Course Description
Fine wool felting and resist dyeing will be combined in this week-long workshop to create stunning colorful, textured scarves. By using the ability of wool to change shape through the tying and stitching resist dye processes, participants in the class will make fabulous and unique scarves. Participants will learn a fast way to lay out and flat felt fine wool, dye wool with a dry dye powder technique, and use dozens of resist shaped methods and new paper transfer techniques, which will completely change the surface and coloration of the felted scarf.

Artist's Biography
Chad Alice Hagen has been exploring hand felted wool and resist dyeing since 1979. She has her BA and MS from the University of Wisconsin and her MFA from Cranbrook. Her work has appeared on the covers of Surface Design Journal, Fiberarts, and Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot Magazine. Her large felt work is in several major collections. She is the author of two books on feltmaking - Fabulous Felt Hat (2005) and The Weekend Crafter: Feltmaking 2002 (Lark Books) - and her third book on hand felted scarves is to be published in 2007. Chad teaches workshops in the US and Europe and maintains a full-time felt studio in Asheville, North Carolina.